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The “Other” Precious Meal

By Byron King, Daily Reckoning When you hear the term “precious metals,” you likely think of gold and silver. That’s […]

Oil prices should fall with Gadhafi overthrow

Bree Fowler, AP Business Writer, On Monday August 22, 2011, 4:19 am NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices around the […]

Caught in a Steel Trap (from wsj)

There’s an output boom in steel with global production up 15% last year to a record 1.42 billion tons. So […]

Construction industry in Romania expected to stabilise in 2011

Prior to the start of the crisis, the Romanian construction industry was one of the most vibrant in the European […]

Polish road construction market to grow nearly 25% in 2011

Activity in Polish road construction will peak in 2011 and 2012. Driven by substantial capital expenditure by the General Directorate […]

Low Oil Prices Not Here To Stay, Says Barclays

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Enjoy the drop in oil prices, because it’s not going to last.  In a 114 […]

Being Like Soros in Buying Farmland Reaps Annual Gains of 16%

By Seth Lubove, Bloomberg, Perry Vieth baled hay on a neighbor’s farm in Wisconsin for two summers during high school […]

Analysts spot improvement in Romanian construction

The Romanian construction market http://www.ceeconstruction.com/ experienced substantial contraction during the period from 2008-2010. As this year began, however, the number […]

“The End of Fake”

by macromon, Global Macro Monitor, We have no idea how the S&P downgrade of the U.S. is going to play […]

Platinum’s a Precious Metal, Too

by Myra P. Saefong, Market Watch, Move over gold and silver — it’s time for platinum to start getting the […]