In weak economy, forgoing $4 lattes for home brews
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080619/capt.611eda597c984e1a918ed75eab2f9045.no_more_lattes_nccb201.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ir0eBDISFlE8pexsUZR9uQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Lilly Hovis, 3, gets some help from her mother Michelle, as they cut lunch meat into shapes for a picnic at their home in Iron Station, N.C., Tuesday, June 17, 2008. As inflation squeezes budgets, middle-class Americans are taking fresh stock of their everyday habits in search of ways to curb spending. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_bi_ge/no_more_lattes)AP - The "latte effect" of the go-go years had consumers spending $4 a day on coffee. Now the downturn is forcing them to rethink the wisdom of such habits.</p><br clear="all"/>
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