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 Protests planned for Washington IMF meeting nzherald.co.nz 4/16/4 ["International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings."]
 Dollar Hopes Focus Is On Jobs, Not Iraq sg.biz.yahoo.com 4/12/4 ["The dollar should continue to draw support from recent investor enthusiasm about U.S. job growth, but how much further it can appreciate this week will depend on a heavy calendar of data and events in Iraq."]
 Bush signs bill giving pension aid to US companies forbes.com 4/10/4 ["more than $80 billion in pension contributions over two years, days before many firms make quarterly payments. "]
 A Non-NATO Ally Is Exempt From Sanctions, Says Washington indolink.com 4/7/4 ["there are a number of other benefits too. These include "having US-owned war reserve stockpiles on its territory outside of US installations, entering certain cooperative training agreements with the United States, and eligibility for expedited processing of export licences of commercial satellites," he added."]
 U.S. House Passes Pension Bill, But Fate Uncertain reuters.com 4/2/4 ["It also calls for $1.6 billion in extra aid for a handful of steel companies, including AK Steel Holding Corp . of Middletown, Ohio, and major U.S. airlines, such as bankrupt United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp. ."]
 Officials say travel to US down sharply because of post 9/11 entry requirements wokr13.tv 4/22/4 ["citing a 30 percent decline in overseas visits to the United States over 2 1/2 years."]
 Gold to climb on renewed dollar weakness -economist forbes.com 4/22/4 ["as the dollar will not be able to sustain recent gains due to the large current account deficit in the United States"  "He also noted that total U.S. debt (government, corporate and household) had risen to nearly 200 percent of gross domestic product in recent quarters. "]
 Dollar Drops Against the Euro as Claims Fall Less Than Forecast quote.bloomberg.com 4/22/4 ["The dollar fell from a five-month high against the euro after jobless claims declined less than economists forecast, cooling speculation the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate by September."]
 The Unfolding FTAA Battle stoptheftaa.org 4/21/4 ["President Bush and his top officials have repeatedly stated that creation of the FTAA is one of the administration’s top priorities."]
 IRS raids business, home of creationist pensacolanewsjournal.com 4/20/4 ["Museum owner questions timing"]
 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose 30,000 to 360,000 Last Week quote.bloomberg.com 4/16/4 ["was the biggest in more than a year"]
 Torn between money and safety, some US workers flee Iraq csmonitor.com 4/15/4 ["Outsourcing these mundane tasks frees up soldiers to concentrate on fighting. But the number of civilians needed - and the danger involved - has never been greater than in Iraq, analysts say."]
 Iraq's postwar oil exports exceed $7.5 billion alertnet.org 4/14/4 ["The resolution was intended to ensure Iraq's secretive U.S.-led civil administration was not engaged in any dubious practices in marketing Iraq's oil and using the money for reconstruction."]
 Federal deficit almost $300 billion in first half of budget year boston.com 4/14/4 ["Compared to the period last year, spending was up 6.6 percent in the first six months of the 2004 budget year. Revenues, meanwhile, were up 3.1 percent from a year ago."]
 India poised to become third largest economic power zeenews.com 4/13/4 ["10.4 per cent growth rate achieved in the last quarter of just ended financial year"]
 Evidence Shows Shell to Demolish Profitable Refinery, Drive Up Gas Prices; Consumer Group Seeks Intervention of Bush, Kerry, CA Attorney General usnewswire.com 4/10/4 [""]
 IBM's India Acquisition Seen As Stamp Of Recognition For Outsourcing informationweek.com 4/8/5 ["The acquisition of Daksh eServices could trigger similar moves by other U.S. companies."]
 Oil surges as strong US fuel demand saps supplies forbes.com 4/8/5 [""The gasoline market is now on the precipice of a serious supply problem," said Barclays Capital in a report. "]
 Oil Soars on Stocks Drop, Gold on Iraq reuters.com 4/7/4 ["gold prices closed higher as attacks on U.S. forces worsened in Iraq and Wall Street investors bought the metal as a safe haven."]
 WTO: Global Trade to Surge in 2004 as China Booms reuters.com 4/5/4 ["strong growth of 7.5 percent this year as long as the U.S. economy continues to expand and oil prices stabilize near 2003 levels, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Monday."]
 U.S. Adds 308,000 Jobs in March, Most in Four Years quote.bloomberg.com 4/2/4 ["which is likely to boost President George W. Bush's re-election bid"  "The increase was led by a 47,000 rise in retail employment. Grocery store workers returning to their jobs after a strike in California helped push employment at food stores up by 13,000."]
 Stock exchange sees gold rush as sector surges forbes.com 4/2/4 ["Gold companies have benefited from surging prices, brought on because of a weaker U.S. dollar and investor worries about the direction of the stock market, the economy and terror attacks. They have stayed strong even as stocks rebounded. "]
 Opec ignores US, plans supply cutindiatimes.com 3/31/4 ["The Bush administration, in an election year, had pressed Opec to lift export restrictions to help control US pump prices and prevent energy inflation slowing economic growth."]
 Treasury chief: Job exports vital to U.S. detnews.com 3/31/4 ["The president has been using the phrase “economic isolationism”"]

 Commodities - Oil prices rise as supply cuts loom, gold higher forbes.com 3/30/4 ["on signals that OPEC would go ahead with planned April supply cuts."  "gold prices firmed as a weak dollar and heightened geopolitical tensions drove up demand for hard assets."]
 Yukos To Double Crude Exports To China In 2004 - Xinhua sg.biz.yahoo.com 3/28/4 ["The crude supply deal, valued at US$150 billion, would be the largest-ever bilateral trade agreement between the two countries."]
 Most U.S. companies plan more outsourcing-survey forbes.com 3/26/4 ["where labor is cheaper, despite a public relations backlash and weaker prospects for cost savings"]
 US tech giants back outsourcing australianit.news.com.au 3/25/4 [disinformation/whitewash?]
 In India, Powell defends U.S. jobs policies sfgate.com 3/25/4 ["Outsourcing is a natural effect of the global economic system and the rise of the Internet and broadband communications..."]
US backlash fear after hefty EU fine on Microsoft independent.co.uk ["There was similar controversy three years ago when the EU took the unusual step of overriding regulators in Washington and blocking a proposed merger between General Electric and Honeywel"]
America's Most Coveted Jobs Multiply Elsewhere as 'Offshoring' Proliferates miami.com [disinformation - regulations, NAFTA, and GATT sap our jobs, not 'lack of innovation']
Terror fears sweep Wall St news.com.au 3/22/4 ["with investors worrying that there will be a terrorist attack in the United States as is effectively implied by Hamas"]
 Choppy Trading Ahead Amid Terror Fears foxnews.com 3/21/4 ["There will be a lot more volatility, in return, due to geopolitical risks"]
Venezuelan president threatens to raise oil prices english.peopledaily.com.cn 3/20/4 ["warned that any attempt to overthrow him would raise the international oil prices to over 50 US dollars per barrel"]
  Dollar Sinks Versus Yen as Japan Signals Currency-Policy Shift quote.bloomberg.com 3/18/4 ["The U.S. currency also tumbled against the euro and Swiss franc after British police said they arrested a man on the train line between London and Dover under the Terrorism Act" - with the dollar susceptible to every terror-related news events, I hope you have some tangible gold or silver.  What do you think is going to happen to your checking/savings when the next big attack comes?  Pennies on the dollar...]
Dollar Weakens Vs Yen But Steady Vs Euro reuters.com 3/16/4 ["noting continued weakness in job creation, which dulled the prospects of higher U.S. interest rates any time soon."]
Spanish elections deepen gloom on Wall Street baltimoresun.com 3/16/4 ["The past week's sell-off brought an end to the market's yearlong rally, which had started to taper off in mid-February. Resumption of the rally is unlikely for some time"]
U.S. Gasoline Prices Hit a Record High wilmingtonstar.com 3/15/4 ["OPEC declared earlier this year that it would reduce official oil production by April 1 and crack down on those countries exceeding the level."]
OPEC Is Set to Cut Oil Supply Next Month, Two Ministers Say quote.bloomberg.com 3/14/4 ["in response to the dollar's decline."  "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last year said OPEC should raise the target range to $25 to $32 a barrel"]
WRAPUP 1-U.S. stocks, dollar climb; gold, silver, oil down forbes.com 3/13/4
Canadian dollar tumbles almost a cent after weak jobs report canada.com 3/12/4
Oil Drops $1 as U.S. May Stockpile Less Oil reuters.com 3/12/4
Bomb attack hits stocks worldwide news.bbc.co.uk
Public’s faith in economy plummets msnbc.msn.com
Trade deficit hit record in January mercurynews.com
Are U.S. senators real 'inside traders'? wnd.com ["Study shows stock portfolios outperform market by 12%"  "...with impunity from the securities laws they write."]
Bush Touts Free Trade, Warns of 'Isolationists' reuters.com ["presented himself as a champion of free trade on Tuesday in a speech that warned of "isolationists" threatening U.S. economic strength and job growth."]
US faces "scofflaw" status at WTO - Zoellick forbes.com ["The United States already faces European Union economic sanctions on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. exports because of its failure to repeal corporate tax breaks that the WTO has ruled are illegal export subsidies. "]
Anonymous voice of America's unemployed azcentral.com 3/8/4
Oil prices keep climbing as tensions rise in Venezuela taipeitimes.com 3/7/4
US cancels major army contract smh.com.au 3/6/4
Outsourcing outrage gets US firms jittery straitstimes.asia1.com.sg 3/6/4
Senate votes to block contractors from sending federal work overseas kvia.com 3/5/4 ["It also makes an exception for defense, homeland security and intelligence contracts that are deemed necessary for national security."]
Dollar Tumbles Against Euro; U.S. Economy Adds Only 21,000 Jobs bloomberg.com 3/5/4
Dollar falls as US fails to create new jobs news.ft.com 3/5/4 ["Even this modest job creation was entirely accounted for by a 21,000 increase in the government payroll."]
US economy 'growing, jobs sluggish' theage.com.au 3/3/4 ["but it refuses to deliver a longed-for jobs boom"]
Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy truthout.org 3/3/4
U.S. exporters face EU tariffs seattletimes.nwsource.com 3/1/4 ["$200 million in European Union tariffs"]
European Economies: Inflation Drops to Four-Year Low bloomberg.com 2/27/04
Schröder to warn Bush over dollar weakness news.ft.com 2/25/4 ["said the European Central Bank must be considering further action to lower interest rates in response to the US currency's continuing decline"]
Bush tax cuts add to worst economy since the Great Depression onlinejournal.com 2/25/4 ["The net job loss for 2003 was 53,000, bringing the total number of jobs lost since January 2001 to 2.2 million."]
Asian banks dump dollar guardian.co.uk 2/23/4 ["last year as much as $133 billion of foreign exchange reserves in non-Japan Asia left the dollar for stronger, higher-yielding currencies such as the euro, pound and Australian dollar"]
Greenspan warns against U.S. job protectionism thestar.com 2/23/4 ["said a lack of adequate educational training rather than "outsourcing" posed the greatest threat to future American prosperity."]
COMEX gold tumbles to 12-week low as dollar leaps reuters.com 2/21/4 ["to a 12-week low under $400 an ounce Friday, eclipsed as a safe-haven investment by a surge in the dollar after Japan went on a high security alert."]
President Bush Backtracks On Jobs Forecast theiowachannel.com 2/19/4 ["they note the economy still has a way to go to make up the net loss of 2 million jobs lost since Bush took office"]
Euro hits new high against dollar guardian.co.uk 2/18/4 ["The dollar has been falling against most major currencies over the past two years, following clear signals from the Bush administration that it favoured a weaker currency in order to boost exports and drive growth"]
Japan's pride and joy gets a 'Made in China' label iht.com 2/17/4 ["its top-end electronics manufacturers, are coming to China with abandon."]
Sterling breaches $1.90 barrier news.ft.com ["Currency analysts renewed their predictions that the pound could reach $2 in the months ahead as investors continued to buy sterling on expectations of further rises in UK interest rates"]
China ideal partner for frugal Wal-Mart palmbeachpost.com 02/16/04 ["More than 80 percent of the 6,000 factories in Wal-Mart's worldwide database of suppliers are in China"]
FTA may benefit some finance.news.com.au 02/15/04 [Free Trade Agreement & Australia]
White House Under Fire for Outsourcing Proposal foxnews.com [""This week, Americans learned something important. Exporting jobs isn't an accident — it's administration policy..."]
Opec considers ditching the dollar businessreport.co.za ["should oil, the most valuable global commodity, now be priced in euros?"  "If the dollar loses its role as a currency of reference, the United States, the world's largest oil importer, will no longer be able to have outside countries finance its abyssal trade deficit."]
Panel Recommends VA Close 3 Hospitals thewbalchannel.com ["Panel Concerned About Costs Of Underused Facilities"]
Jobless claims rise money.cnn.com 2/12/4
Republican leaders rebuke Bush aide over jobs reuters.com 2/11/4 ["for saying the outsourcing of U.S. jobs to workers overseas may benefit the economy"]
Pentagon: U.S. can fund Iraq war beyond Sept. mercurynews.com 2/11/4
Bush seeks $1 trillion debt boost washtimes.com 2/11/4
Wages up for the well-off, but not for others csmonitor.com 2/10/4
It Is Time Conservatives Honestly Face The Iraq War chuckbaldwinlive.com 2/10/4
Chinese firm wins Iraq reconstruction contract peopledaily.com.cn 2/10/4 [5 million $]
Bush report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S. seattletimes.nwsource.com 2/10/4 ["In Bush's three years in office, 2.2 million jobs have disappeared."]
Dollar Hits 11-Year Low Against Pound netscape.com 2/10/4
World: G-7 Ministers Paper Over Cracks In Currency Disagreement rferl.org 2/9/4 ["The dollar has lost more than 40 percent of its value since the start of 2002. Just in the past few months the dollar has dropped more than 10 percent against the euro. "]
Australian dollar hits US77¢ theage.com.au 2/7/4 ["as the US dollar fell sharply against most currencies on news of continued weak US employment growth"]
WRAPUP 1-US stocks, bonds rally, dollar falls after job data forbes.com 2/6/4 ["dollar fell on the same data and worries that industrialized nations would do little to stem the greenback's slide.  Gold and copper futures rebounded as the dollar dropped."]
SILVERSTEIN HIT BY WTC BOND DOWNGRADE nypost.com 2/6/4
Foreign central banks hold record U.S. debt - Fed forbes.com 2/5/4 ["massive intervention by the Bank of Japan to limit the fall in the dollar"]
White House seeks to loan U.N. funds for renovations washingtontimes.com 2/4/4 ["$1.2 billion, 30-year loan"]
Trade deficit originates in US extravagance peopledaily.com.cn 2/4/4
U.S.: Bush's 2005 Budget Concentrates On Security Spending Rather Than Domestic Programs rferl.org 2/3/4 ["..This does not include an anticipated $50 billion supplementary appropriation for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan"]
Dollar Drops Against Euro After Poison Found in Frist's Office bloomberg.com 2/3/4 [further proof that our economy is on a tettet-totter.  I suggest you have at least some reliable form a savings - gold/silver]
Odd Jobs msn.com 2/3/4 ["Why the unemployment rate is really higher than it looks."]
US defence bill to exceed $400bn news.bbc.co.uk 1/31/4 ["Pentagon is expected to ask Congress for tens of billions of dollars more later this year"]
WRAPUP 1-U.S. stocks and dollar fall, bonds gain forbes.com 1/31/4 ["after data showed fourth-quarter U.S. economic growth was weaker than expected"  "Gold jumped back above $400 an ounce after the weak GDP data sent the dollar down against the euro."]
Dollar firm near 1-week highs vs euro in Europe reuters.com 1/30/4 ["a touch firmer on the day at $1.2390 per euro"]
  Brazil moots international tax bday.co.za 1/30/4 ["revived the idea of a tax on international business transactions to help tackle poverty in the world"]
Bush Budget Raises Cost of Medicare apnews.myway.com 1/30/4
Medicare Drug Cost Estimate Increases washingtonpost.com 1/30/4 ["Prescription Benefit's Price Tag Rises 33%"]
Expenses push U.S. Steel to wide loss pittsburgh.bizjournals.com 1/30/4
France, doing business with China without moral principles asianews.it 1/29/04
Fed Holds Interest Rate at 1 Percent apnews.myway.com 1/29/04
Bush boosting arts funding washingtontimes.com 1/29/04 ["for $18 million to fund a three-year program of art presentations"]
Bank of England slams "paranoid conspiracy allegations" in BCCI case yahoo.com 1/28/04 ["that officials deliberately lied over the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in 1991."]
WRAPUP 1-U.S. stocks and dollar rise, Treasuries fall forbes.com 1/26/04 ["the nation's housing sector continues to boom due to historically low interest rates."  "The dollar rallied against several major currencies following talk by European officials about curbing euro strength ahead of next week's meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial nations."]
US Faces Record $477 Billion Deficit voanews.com 1/26/04
Dollar Trade Choppy Before G7 Meeting reuters.com 1/26/04 ["European politicians expressed mixed opinions on the need for action to curb volatile exchange rates but the United States seems unperturbed by the dollar's precipitous decline."]
Dollar Rebounds on European Bank Concerns miami.com 1/23/04 ["and about a cent away from record lows versus the euro, the dollar started to recover as traders took profits ahead of the weekend."]
US agencies sink with Treasuries on overseas worry forbes.com 1/23/04
Bush Wants Increase in Domestic Security Spending reuters.com 1/20/04 [SOTU]
Bush administration defends overtime plans reuters.com 1/20/04 ["8 million workers would be redefined as ineligible for overtime protection if the plans were adopted"]
Euro Surges; EU Ministers Signal They're Not Close to Selling bloomberg.com 1/20/04 ["The euro had its biggest advance against the dollar in two months"]
INDIA BUYS RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER straitstimes.asia1.com.sg 1/20/04
Saudi Arabia should sell oil for gold, not dollars borsaitalia.it 1/19/04 ["to avoid being "short-changed" by a decline in the U.S. currency"]
Thanks, George worldnetdaily.com 1/19/04
Oil prices surge due to strong economy, low stocks english.peopledaily.com.cn 1/19/04
US$ plunge could lead to full-blown financial crisis straitstimes.asia1.com.sg 1/18/03 ["the United States - once the world's biggest creditor nation - is also experiencing a credit- fuelled consumer spending spree"  "In the past year, the greenback has racked up losses of more than 20 per cent against the euro - falling to a seven-year low of around 80 US cents to the euro. Against the yen, it has shed 11 per cent to hit a three-year low of 105 yen to the dollar."]
Jobless rate drops, but experts are concerned signonsandiego.com 1/17/04 ["That drop is good news, but it's sort of confusing with the minuscule job growth we had"]
U.S. feels crunch to comply with WTO washtimes.com 1/16/04
Bush space plan buoys Russian chron.com 1/16/04 ["NASA has already sent the Russian Aerospace Agency its proposals concerning cooperation in moon and Mars missions"]
1 Euro will cost 1,4 USD by the end of the year iraqwar.ru 1/16/04 [I really hope you don't have all your savings in paper dollars - buy (at least) some tangible gold and silver]
The New Reality abcnews.go.com 1/15/04 ["Laid-Off Workers Just Can’t Find Comparable Jobs"]
Russia almost stops dollar imports gateway2russia.com 1/15/04 ["the flow of new dollars to Russia has ceased. Demand for dollars has actually ceased and it is met by internal resources, a domestic bank expert reported. He predicts this tendency will not change this year – citizens are not willing to buy dollars."]
  Greenspan says trade barriers hurt economies sunspot.net 1/14/04 ["The nation's payrolls grew by just 1,000 jobs in December. Although the jobless rate fell to 5.7 percent, it was because thousands of potential workers gave up looking"]
Aerospace industries drooling over Bush's moon-Mars programme channelnewsasia.com 1/14/03
Early COMEX gold and silver stalled, PGMs shine forbes.com 1/13/04
Gold brokers will be forced to register gold sales newswithviews.com 1/13/04
Trichet Says Europe Concerned at FX Moves reuters.com 1/12/04 ["the United States is unwilling yet to halt the fall of the dollar, which has amounted to 18 percent against the euro over the past year"]
WRAPUP 1-US stocks, dollar drop, bonds fly on weak jobs data reuters.com 1/10/4 ["The data are a disaster for the recovery story... It suggests that once the stimulus to consumption fades, there won't be the hiring there to replace it"]
Funding, Technical Hurdles Seen for Bush Space Plan reuters.co.uk 1/9/4
The Silence of the CEOs reason.com 1/9/4 ["Stick up for Martha, for your own sakes"]
Job Searches in 2003 the Longest in 20 Years reuters.com 1/9/4
Discouraged job-seekers mask true US jobless rate forbes.com 1/9/4
IMF Researchers: US Budget Gaps Endanger Global Economy news.yahoo.com 1/8/4 ["We feel there is a substantial risk that the foreign investors' appetite for U.S. assets, and in particular U.S. government assets, will over time diminish"]
Blair: I'll take Britain into euro by 2007 news.independent.co.uk 1/7/4
'Father of the euro' calls for global currency euobserver.com 1/7/4 ["with the emergence of the euro and its instability against the dollar, Europe, the US and the Asian powers should come together and create a new international monetary system"]
Dollar May Fall; Belgian Minister Says Euro Rise Not a Problem bloomberg.com 1/7/4 ["The dollar, which has declined by 18 percent in the last 12 months against the euro"]
Euro posts new all-time high against dollar highmarkfunds.stockpoint.com 1/6/4 ["rising above US$1.27 for the first time"]
FOREX-Dollar at record low vs euro on US rate outlook forbes.com 1/5/4 ["This is a momentum move, and until there is something to change the environment, it is going all one way against the dollar..."  "The dollar's decline continued to fuel a rally in gold prices, lifting futures prices above $425 an ounce for the first time in 15 years"]
Defense Dept. is removing Corps of Engineers from Halliburton contract usatoday.com 1/3/4
Congress authorizes Ashcroft to track gold in the U.S. [HR 2417] underreported.com 12/28/03
China deregulates gold; country's demand to double, affecting world market underreported.com 12/28/03 [US buys from Walmart, Walmart from China, China buys... well nothing.  China gets our money.  2nd Depression, here we come]
Dollar Drops Again Against Euro news.yahoo.com 12/16/3
Bush Presides Over Biggest Growth in U.S. Spending Since 1990 bloomberg.com 12/8/3
Dollar Drops to Record Against Euro, 11-Year Low Versus Pound bloomberg.com 12/8/3
Bush Rescinds Tariffs on Steel Imports, Averting Trade War nytimes.com 12/4/3
The Bush Betrayal washingtonpost.com 12/2/3 ["Federal spending has increased by 23.7 percent since Bush took office..."]
U.S. likely to drop steel tariffs usatoday.com 12/1/3 ["to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling"]
Euro Tramples Dollar, Hits New High finance.myway.com 11/29/3 ["The United States needs capital inflows. We know that in the second half of December there is precious little capital flow"]
Americas back giant trade zone news.bbc.co.uk 11/24/3 ["due to come into effect in 2005"]
A DONE DEAL: FREE TRADE AREAS OF THE AMERICAS newswithviews.com 11/23/3 ["trade promotion authority"  "without additional Congressional affirmation."]
Engineered Extinction thenewamerican.com 11/20/3 [mining, forestry, farming and ranching]
Euro reaches lifetime high as dollar slumps news.ft.com 11/19/3
Future's bright for terror betting guardian.co.uk 11/18/3 ["Net Exchange - the firm the Pentagon worked with on the idea."]
Sinking Dollar, Surging Oil Help Push Stocks Lower quicken.com 11/18/3 ["The dollar took a beating, with the euro hitting fresh highs against the greenback"]
Protesters Gather for Opening of Free Trade Talks voanews.com 11/16/3 ["Free Trade Area of the Americas. It would be the world's largest free trade bloc"]
U.S. official pushes hard for FTAA miami.com 11/15/3 [Free Trade Area of the Americas  34 countries]
U.S. Trade Gap Widens in September foxnews.com 11/13/3 [$41.3 billion "surging imports outstripped the biggest increase in exports in over three years"]
Khodorkovsky could await trial for two years reuters.co.uk 11/12/3
Financier Soros puts millions into ousting Bush guardian.co.uk 11/12/3 ["leading it to abuse US power in its dealings with the rest of the world, and creating a state of permanent warfare."]
US goods set to double in price as Europe plans huge trade war news.independent.co.uk 11/11/3 ["The World Trade Organisation gave the European Union permission yesterday to impose huge import tariffs..."]
New $20 Bill Has Counterfeiters Busy ksat.com 11/8/3
Gazprom considers bid for rival news.ft.com 11/6/3 ["state controlled Russian gas group"   "...strengthening its near-monopoly over domestic and overseas sales and distribution"]
Decisive day for global interest rates news.ft.com 11/6/3
EU to scrutinise German finances 213.159.10.102 11/6/3
Budget break for France eupolitix.com 11/6/3 ["...or face action under EU fiscal rules that underpin the euro"]
Where are the missing billions? guardian.co.uk 11/5/3 [poor-Afghanistan aid: $57 per person; middle-class-Iraq aid: $1,400 per person]
Arrested oil tycoon passed shares to banker washingtontimes.com 11/5/3 [Mr. Rothschild, "...British head of Europe's wealthy and influential Rothschild family"]
U.S. to ask Congress to give Israel $2.22 billion in military assistance haaretzdaily.com 11/4/3
Arrest opens way for Russian state to renationalise Yukos guardian.co.uk 11/3/3 ["...Khodorkovsky's one-third stake in the oil giant could be forfeited to the government"]
China gearing up to become major auto exporter seattletimes.nwsource.com 11/2/3 ["Analysts say China could surpass Germany as the world's No. 3 carmaking country in four years"]
Proposed Social Security deal with Mexico angers some lawmakers pensacolanewsjournal.com 10/30/3 ["...allow millions of Mexicans working here to collect U.S. Social Security"]
Wal-Mart: Low prices, at big cost denverpost.com 10/29/3 [cutting corners?]
BofA to Buy FleetBoston for $43 Billion reuters.com 10/28/3 [Bank of America]
'US economy strongly affected by war' bday.co.za 10/27/3
Ronald Bosrock: The Project for the New American Century: Why American business should care startribune.com 10/27/3
Russia to join anti-dollar game russiajournal.com 10/23/3
Jittery dollar drops again 10/9/3 news.bbc.co.uk
SE Asia to form huge trade bloc news.com.au 10/8/3 [10 Asia nations - $US700billion]
Dollar tumbles to fresh low against the euro news.ft.com 10/8/3
Will your job move to India? moneycentral.msn.com 10/3/3 [thousands of jobs moving from US workers]
Weak dollar sparks share rout news.bbc.co.uk 9/23/3
IMF warns trade gap could bring down dollar guardian.co.uk 9/19/3
When Elephants Fly msnbc.com 9/15/3 [US jobs being outsourced overseas]
Thousands of federal jobs may go abroad, U.S. says statesman.com 9/11/3
U.S. jobless claims climb higher cbs.marketwatch.com 9/11/3
Toyota poised to become top car seller in U.S.  kansascity.com 9/1/3 [could outdo Ford & Chevy]
Intel to build assembly plant in Sichuan news.ft.com 8/26/3
Leap in Deficit Instead of Fall Is Seen for U.S. nytimes.com 8/26/3
Loss of trust in Blair stalls poll on euro .telegraph.co.uk 8/26/3
GLOBAL TAXATION AND TAX HARMONIZATION newswithviews.com 8/21/3
Reuters to shift core unit to India news.bbc.co.uk 8/5/3
Booming China trade rankles US csmonitor.com 8/5/3
U.S. Notes Fall as Treasury Plans Record $230 Billion Borrowing bloomberg.com 8/1/3
Interest Rates Set to Hit 45-Year Low  washingtonpost.com 6/27/03
Sterling and the euro are coming closer  telegraph.co.uk 6/27/03
Venezuelan moves to replace US$ with the €uro  vheadline.com 6/27/03