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Book closes on one of the hottest, driest Junes here Brown lawns and shriveling leaves don’t lie. Weeks of hot, dry weather have taken their...

No Bounce President Bush’s televised address to the nation produced no noticeable bounce in his approval numbers, with his job approval ra...

As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee boosted its target for short-term interest rates Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 3....

Soybean imports doubled in May China, the world's biggest soybean -buyer, bought 2 million metric tons of the oilseed last month, 143 pe...

Insurers sound the alarm on climate change The cost worldwide of storms, expected to become more frequent owing to climate change, is likely...

China to quench growing petrol thirst They are slightly more stringent than current fuel economy standards in the US,”

Crude oil and distillate inventories both rose more than expected in the Department of Energy’s weekly inventory report issued Wednesday. Cr...

Investment Outlook Fire! The following is important, but if your eyes glaze over, skip to the summary.

The Saudi oil bombshell Simmons is not a militant environmentalist or anti-oil partisan; he is chairman and chief executive officer of one o...

U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday the responsibility for helping correct big U.S. trade imbalances lay with Europe and Japan...

Spot gold predicted to double in coming months "Based on historic ratios between gold and oil , gold should now be over $500 an ounce....

World economy risks abound,higher rates needed-BIS The world economy, awash in cheap cash , risks a nasty market disruption if central bank...

For your contemplation we have included the chart below -- it shows the price of Gold in Euros.

Dark chocolate seen healthy for arteries Eating dark chocolate may have a protective effect on the cardiovascular system in healthy people, ...

Housing bubble trouble - Mass. home sales plunge 11.1 percent The bubble hasn't burst, but the air may be leaking out.

U.S. orders for durable goods rose 5.5% in May, the most in more than a year, the Commerce Department said Friday U.S. new home sales rise t...

The heat intensifies Friday, and the record high of 97° in 1988 may be on the line. That reading is a far cry from the cool 70° recorded a y...

For your contemplation we have included the chart below -- it shows the price of crude oil adjusted by the CPI (Consumer Price Index).

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes Cities may bulldoze people's homes to make way for shopping malls or other private developmen...

Feds Target Calif. Marijuana Dispensaries ..the Supreme Court ruling "lays to rest any question whether federal authorities have jurisd...

Brain Sees Violent Video Games as Real Life – Study A small study of brain activity in video-game veterans suggests that their brains react ...

The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits fell by 20,000 to 314,000 for the week ended June 18, the Labor Departm...

BREAKS IN DROUGHTS INFREQUENT THIS TIME OF YEAR -- Dry spells like this one difficult to reverse.

China demand boosts commodities Industrial output in China, the world’s biggest user of copper, coal and steel, surged 16.6 percent in May ...

COSCO, China's biggest shipping conglomerate has found hesitant interest by retail investors in its $1.65 billion IPO on worries that th...

Traders expect the soy market to remain firmly underpinned on breaks as near-term weather issues, rust and aphid worries, lost acres in the...

After the fall Not only are new buyers taking out bigger mortgages, but existing owners have increased their mortgages to turn capital gains...

The index of leading U.S. economic indicators fell 0.5% in May to 114.1, the Conference Board said Monday. London inventories of copper are...

December copper climbed .0195 to another new contract high of $1.4475, boosted by strong world (especially Asian) demand. The key to renewe...

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? With 17,300 votes in, 94% say yes.

Democrats Urge Inquiry on Bush, Iraq Conyers and a half-dozen other members of Congress were stopped at the White House gate later Thursday...

Housing starts rose 0.2% in May, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, to the fastest overall annual pace in three months. The number o...

Falling energy prices pushed U.S. consumer prices lower in May for the first time since July of last year, the Labor Department reported Wed...

Volcker: U.S. Economic Crisis Imminent Volcker sees as a hopelessly unsustainable relationship with the rest of the world.

Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters) notes a new Merrill Lynch study reporting that “With $30.8 trillion at their command, the "really...

May retail sales fell 0.5% from the previous month, the first drop since August, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The Labor Departm...

No IMF gold sales - G8 Finance Ministers In their proposal for cancelling the debt obligations of 18 impecunious nations to the World Bank,...

Lack of good projects puts mining boom at risk Discoveries are becoming harder and harder to find," said Greg Wilkins, chief executive ...

The Downing Street Memos and the Revenge of the Bloggers.. Conyers promised to deliver it to Bush once it reached 250,000 signatures. By Fri...

Barclays Global Investors announced last week it will file an application with the SEC to launch the first silver exchange-traded fund. Ann...

Ocean-freight rates fall as global demand slows for some commodities Surging demand and a shortage of ships pushed freight rates to record h...

'Downing Street memo' coverage adds to intrigue Last week, a group known as Democrats.com offered $1,000 to anyone who can get Bush ...

Poll: Bush Job Approval Dips to New Low Bush's approval mark is 43 percent, while Congress checks in at 31 percent.. Only about one-thi...

2,200 Journalists Await Jackson Verdict Reporters from every continent but Antarctica are covering a story that has attracted perhaps the la...

The U.S. trade deficit rose to $57 billion in April, the Commerce Department reported Friday Prices of imported goods fell 1.3% in May, the...

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The number of U.S. workers filing for initial unemployment benefits fell 21,000 to 330,000 for the week ended June 4, the Labor Department r...