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  The Forbes 400 is a list of the elite -- it wouldn't mean anything without a little competition, right? With competition, however, comes elimination. Some wealthy Americans from last year's list didn't make it to the 2007 list. Click forward to see who won't be joining the rest this year.
  
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  Howard Schultz
  
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  Starbucks shares are off 32% over the past year as the gourmet coffee chain struggles to maintain strong same-store sales growth. That performance has cost Schultz, who owns 17.7 million shares as of the latest filing, about $229 million. To reverse course, he's banking on more overseas stores and an expanded product line that includes coffee-chocolate drinks.
  
  

[MATT A]

Starbucks shares are down this now means that people are spending less on thier cup of java and will be spending more on tanning.

Watcha think?

[eileen]

sounds good to me lol

[mr belvedere]

I think you're high. I think people don't have enough money to spend on other things they believe they need, and there are lower cost alternatives to StarBucks out there ... I don't think it means people will suddenly have a cash surplus - they just don't want to get further into the hole one $5 Venti at a time.

[navigatin1]

I think people are "waking up" to the fact that you don't have to spend five dollars to get a good cup-o-coffee!

Speaking of high priced coffee, how does $200 a pound sound to ya?

BEST COFFEE MADE FROM MONKEY POO; CRAPPUCCINO
DAILY STAR

Wed Nov 21 2001 10:22:30 ET Coffee drinkers are going bananas over a brew
that's made of MONKEY DUNG.
Brits are flooding exclusive US stockists with orders for the brew, called
Kopi Luwak, made from berries that have passed through the digestive
system of Indonesian monkeys. Unlucky coffee plantation staff have to
search through the dung to gather the bizarre "harvest" of coffee berries,
which are said to emerge virtually intact.
Experts reckon the monkey business gives the drink a unique "earthy"
taste, which has made it the most expensive and sought-after coffee in the
world.
It is in such short supply - just 500 lb of it is harvested a year - that
it is virtually impossible to get hold of in Britain and has only limited
availability in the States and Japan.
Experts say the brew first came to light hundreds of years ago, when
explorers sampled it on the Indonesian isles of Java, Sumatra and
Sulawesi.
The monkey - known as the Palm Toddy Cat - lives on a diet of alcoholic
tree sap and coffee berries.
US-based food and drink critic Chris Rubin said:
"Whether it's because the intestinal juices give some special flavour or
because it eats only perfectly ripe berries, the Toddy Cat's droppings
produce what many say is the world's finest coffee."
Some exclusive US outlets sell Kopi Luwak for around a FIVER a cup.
US Coffee supplier Mark Mountanos has snapped up 110 lb of the beans.
He said: "We've had interest from all over the world because it is very
hard to get hold of."
US coffee shop owner Richard Karno ordered a pound from Mark's firm - but
only after he convinced him it wasn't a joke.
He said: "It's the best coffee I've ever tasted. It smells musty, but it
roasts up real nice

http://www.tastesoftheworld.net/prod...products_id/75

[rgm824]

"wazzu joe" ^

[Mr Derf]

Originally Posted by navigatin1

I think people are "waking up" to the fact that you don't have to spend five dollars to get a good cup-o-coffee!

Speaking of high priced coffee, how does $200 a pound sound to ya?



http://www.tastesoftheworld.net/prod...products_id/75

I was going to do something similar with corn.

[navigatin1]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Mexican specialty!