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By Rebecca Lipman (Data sourced from Finviz.) NASDAQ October 5, 2011   Coffee price s have gone up 410% since early 2002, hitting all-time highs this May. That increase should come as no surprise to the large number of coffee drinkers who feel the need for at least one cup to get through the day. CNBC reports the $30-billion industry serves over 400 million cups of caffeinated goodness every day in the United States alone. A report from Dunkin' Donuts in partnership with Career Builder concluded that among 2,741 professionals, 24 percent drink at least one cup per day, 61 percent of which drank two or more per day. The drink is also among the most actively traded commodities in the world. "The survey also reveals that those who need coffee the most are scientists/lab technicians, marketing/public relations professionals and education administrators (financial professionals rank tenth on the list)." Coffee stocks have also shown impressive growt...

Pakistan Observer October 6, 2011 Photograph by: Gerry Kahrmann, PNG Files, Agence France-Presse MEN who are heavy coffee drinkers are at lower risk for prostate cancer, says a study. The researchers found that those who consumed six or more cups a day were almost 20 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer over two decades than those who drank none. Scientists at Harvard University followed 47,911 men who periodically described their coffee consumption. “More important, the heavy coffee drinkers were 60 percent less likely than the non-drinkers to develop a lethal form of the disease,” it said. “Even men who drank just one to three cups of coffee benefited: They were nearly 30 per cent less likely to develop lethal prostate cancer,” the study said. It did not matter whether the coffee was caffeinated or decaffeinated. The study, published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute , is one of the first to link coffee consumption to a lower r...