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Sorkin: Worrying Over China and Food

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, NY Times, The prospect that a group backed by China may make a takeover offer for […]

NIA Projects Future U.S. Food Price Increases

From NIA website, The National Inflation Association today announced the release of its report about NIA’s projections of future U.S. […]

How to Profit From the Fed’s New Moves

From WSJ, Ben Bernanke hopes his new $600 billion bonanza will help unemployed machinists in Toledo and building contractors in […]

Big Oil Bets On Natural Gas

By Chris Mayer, for The Daily Reckoning, Royal Dutch Shell said that by 2012 it expects more than half of […]

Sarah Palin Food Inflation Controversy

From NIA website Sarah Palin on Monday made a speech at a trade-association convention in Phoenix urging Federal Reserve Chairman […]

6 Currencies to Buy Now (Says the “Hotdog Billionaire”)

By Chris Hunter, International Living, Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ll know that the Fed announced more large-scale money […]

Growth returns to cement markets in CIS countries

After a difficult 2009, when there was a reduction of more than 20% in the consumption of cement in the […]

China’s green investment strategy lauded

TIM O’BRIEN US ENERGY secretary Steven Chu has said advances in the development of renewable energy in China may improve […]

Zoellick seeks gold standard debate

By Alan Beattie, FT.com November 8, 2010 — Updated 0107 GMT (0907 HKT) Robert Zoellick says the system of floating […]

China expands reach in East Europe

By Antoaneta Becker LONDON – When China’s ambassador to Bulgaria assumed his post in mid-September, he made headlines reminding the […]