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The dollar may get another short-lived respite but it is heading inexorably down. The question is how much it takes with it So far, the for...

U.S. economic growth will slow and then likely stop by the end of President George W. Bush's second term in office as interest rate hike...

BBC News reported that Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in 28 years and the coffee crop is being threatened. Reuters is quoting Cuba...

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The Economic Cycle Research Institute an independent forecasting group, said its weekly leading index rose to 135.2 in the week ended March ...

Moore says nanoelectronics face tough challenges Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted it won't be easy to replace silicon. "Any...

The amount of new debt taken on by Americans rose 8.6 percent, or $1.92 trillion, in 2004, the fastest growth since 1988, the Federal Reserv...

Why the Dollar is Falling What about the deals that are being made between Latin American countries and China with the perspective of formin...

Jeremy Siegel's Latest Book Lays out the Future for Investors Siegel found that historically the biggest factor in productivity growth h...

S&P reports that :"DIVIDENDS SURGE" Last month's dividend increase total was the highest for a February since 1981. The f...

U.S. consumers' confidence fell to a nine-month low in March "What is most worrisome is that the economic outlook component sank be...

Laughing helps arteries and boosts blood flow The results suggest that laughter could help keep the lining of the arteries - the endothelium...

What Iraq's checkpoints are like He turned to me, his face twisted with the anguish of making me understand: "But Mrs. Annia,"...

We have linked to Sentix sentiment data, you may want to check it out here .

House sales, prices keep up frantic pace How much longer can this madness continue? As Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic A...

China Stock Market Misses Out on Boom Millions of Chinese have learned hard lessons about the risks of playing the market. China's natio...

Brazil's 2004-05 soybean crop (October-September) will total 57.0 million metric tons, the Agriculture Ministry said Monday. The latest...

OPEC Chief Concerned About Oil Prices Seeking to cool market sentiment, the head of OPEC on Sunday said the organization is "concerned...

Australia's gold output falls to 9-year low Australia's gold output sank to a nine-year low in 2004 following exceptionally wet weat...

Chart of The Week: As an old Conti colleague in the 70th would say "if it goes up any straighter it'll have to fall over backward...

Chinese chase Canadian oil CHINA ’S state oil companies are creating a political furore in the Canadian province of Alberta as they seek to ...

With the Dow Industrials , Transports, Utilities , S&P 500, 600 , etc all in new high ground this bull may be appropriate.. 

EAST ASIA RISING Without question, the re-awakening of China is the biggest economic event of our lifetimes. Chinese growth is draining reso...

China predicts 120 million Net users by year-end China's Internet user base is expected to grow 28 percent this year to 120 million, acc...

Orders placed with factories rose 0.2% in January, the Commerce Department reported Friday. ------------ The U.S. Treasury market would be a...

International development groups are calling on the United States to swiftly comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) final ruling issue...

Maria Olivia da Silva, who recently celebrated her 125th birthday, "is definitely the oldest living woman in Brazil and possibly in the...

The US military is funding development of a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from up to 2 kilometres away. Intended for use ...

News that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree lifting the "state secret" status of platinum group metals sustain...

Here we see in dramatic fashion America’s loss of the "Global War on Terrorism" at the moral level. By invading and occupying Iraq...

Moore's Law will boost chip abilities for many years to come, Intel CEO Craig Barrett predicted on Tuesday. Barrett predicted that tradi...

Next time you are too drunk to drive, Walk to the nearest pizza shop Place an order, And when they go to deliver it, Catch a ride home with ...

The U.S. Department of Energy said that crude supplies were up 2.4 million barrels last week to 299.4 million barrels. . Crude stocks at th...

The latest U.S. Real Estate data from the Census Bureau appears to have a discrepancy of some magnitude. The January "Average" U.S...

U.S. Construction spending was at a record high annual rate of $1.047 trillion in January, this puts it up 0.7% from Decembers pace and is s...

At night we might buy bottles of Triple Jack at some isolated gas station and dip into an arroyo, roll a fat one and swill Jack and talk and...

02/28/05 U.S. personal income was down 2.3% in January, stronger than expected. Last month the Microsoft dividend played a roll. U.S. new ho...

Japan 's industrial production rose 2.1 percent in January from a month earlier, above a median market forecast of 1.7 percent, while So...

But an outright sale from the IMF, the world’s third largest gold holder, is not the only option under consideration, according to the artic...

On our list, measured by 52 week ROC ( Rate of Change): Slovakia SAX up 162% Pakistan KSE up 71% Czech Re...

Five out of seven of the DBCM mines in South Africa are currently operating at a loss, the company added......In 2004, De Beers' mines ...

"SOMEONE has stuffed up big-time," an MBA graduate schooled in the virtues of market research declared over her wine after hearing...

To any complacent readers, I issue the following red alert. If you are a revisionist, conspiracy buff, member of a religious sect, an anti-a...

.....If a company’s debt is rated at CC or CCC, there is a 30 per cent likelihood that it will fail within a year ,...........The number of ...

MXY Mexico FXI China (ETF)Exchange Traded Fund (scroll down) HGX Philadelphia Housing Index XOI Oil Index SML S&P 600 Small Cap (a...

U.S. GDP grew at a revised 3.8% annualized rate in the fourth quarter versus the original estimate of 3.1%. For all of 2004, GDP was up 4.4%...

Gold demand surges despite high average price in Oct-Dec ...rising 49% and 32%, respectively, in tonnage terms, says World Gold Council. Con...

“January proved to be a strong month for truck tonnage” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “Growing manufacturing production continues t...