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Poll Shows 73% Americans Think Starbucks is Overpriced

If you don't go for the frou-frou stuff, you aren't really their target. They're a cafe, they make espresso. Save yourself the $1.00 @ Booger King and make it at home. The whole DD, MCD, BK "alternative" is a red herring. I'd pay a $1.50 for a consistent cup of SBUX coffee anyday before I shelled out $1.00 for coffee roulette @ a fast food joint. They were a slave to growth, plain and simple.

Starbucks on Sale (Part I)

Why do people keep insisting McDonald's, a fast food restaurant, is competition Starbucks, a coffee house? It's an entirely different experience. I don't care how good the coffee gets @ MCD. No one, except old people, is hanging out drinking coffee there. Take a look sometime.

In Light of Peak Oil, Financial Diversification Is a Bad Idea

Can anyone comment on the price/demand for oil and US consumption/Military consumption once this war ends?

Greenspan: Bubbles Are a Necessary Part of Innovation

David Lentz,

"Incidentally, I see the dot-com boom as being primarily driven by corporate Y2K spending.."

Pets.com et al was Y2K corporate spending? I see.

Broadwind Energy: Cramer, Someone Had to Say Something

Vestas, GE, Siemens. FPL energy, the largest provider of wind generated electricity in the US, 7500 turbines, uses turbines from GE, Siemens and Vestas, NEG Micon, Mistubishi, Kenetech, and a few others. But the top 3 have a proven track record.

Is the DeWind turbine special? Someone has mentioned it doesn't need expensive, patented, power conversion gear the GE turbines have.

How and where does DeWind plan on cashing in? Internationally? Any thoughts Windpro?