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"BREAKING GOSSIP Aston Villa are on the verge of agreeing a £4.5m deal for Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell. (Press Association, 2002 BST) Germany striker Lukas Podolski has revealed Juventus and Tottenham are interested in signing him and that he would be willing...Is Saudi Arabia about to repeat its oil policy error of 1998? « Peter J. Coo...
" So I wonder if Saudi Arabia really decided to screw down oil prices next week, how long will this last? The emerging economies will soon swallow up any surplus production and we will be back to square one, and prices will go up again. Only at that point Saudi Arabia may...You Can’t Trust A Woman With Money
When Bill Clintonleft office in the winter of 2000, the economy was booming, the governmentbudget was balanced, and tight fiscal spending had given the government $230billion surplus, making it the largest surplus in...Iraq Budget Cut by $171M After Oil-Profit Windfall
Why should the U.S. have to foot the reconstruction bill in Iraq?They're only the ones who invaded the country, waged war against the Iraqi people, tortured and killed innumerable detainees, and established an...Indonesian trade surplus drops to $2.71 bln in Feb. as exports shrink
"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia's trade surplus dropped to $2.71 billion in February from $3.48 billion in January as exports fell from their all-time high, Central Bureau of Statistics deputy head Ali Rosidi said Exports dropped to $10.53 billion dollars in February, 4.9...Millions of "Extra" Ballots Ahead of Zimbabwe Vote
The MDC (Zimbabwe's primary opposition group) is calling the discovery of double the number of ballots needed for the voting population a smoking gun, citing the find as proof that President Robert Mugabe has no...RI actually already self-sufficient in rice : official
""Having a surplus of more than one million tons from the 2007 rice harvest, Indonesia now can be categorized as a country self-sufficient in rice," the ministry`s director general of food crop plantation affairs, Sutarto Alimoeso, said here Saturday.In this context, the...Ontario Provincial Surplus Could go to Local Communities
When the Investing in Ontario Act is introduced next week, growing municipalities like Barrie could receive a portion of funding from the provincial surplus. Currently, all of the surplus is relegated to paying off the provincial debt. This Act, if passed, will direct a...Indonesia enjoys US$1.1 billion surplus balance of payments
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s balance of payments experienced a surplus of US$1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2007, or much higher than the previous prediction of US$0.4 billion, a central bank official said here on Friday."The current account transactions...2007 forex reserve may reach US$56.655 billion
""Early in the year when the world oil price was assumed at US$62 per barrel, the state`s foreign exchange reserve amounted to US$54.3 billion. With the change of the average oil price to US$69.8 per barrel (BI`s...
RI`s budget surplus reaches Rp17 T
"Indonesia`s budget surplus in the first nine months of 2007 ended Oct. 31 reached Rp17.6 trillion, a minister said.
State revenues stood at Rp524.3 trillion and state expenditures at Rp506.6 trillion, Finance... Versailles on the Potomac
"War profiteer. It used to be one of the dirtiest slurs in American politics, potent enough to sully the reputations of the rich and powerful. Now it's a calling card, something you might find highlighted in a defense contractor's corporate prospectus as a lure to attract..."The Lobby": AIPAC and US Foreign Policy: A Debate: James Petras and Norman F...
"TRANSCRIPT: Hagit Borer: There is little question in anybody’s mind about the special relation between Israel and the United States. Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid, to the tune of more than $3...Panda poop produces paper
A Chinese panda reserve wants to turn crap into gold...literally. Reserve researchers are looking into turning the pandas' feces into toilet paper (oh the irony!), stationery, and other paper products. Apparently,...US deficit is shrinking, balanced budget in one year?
"Find me a one-handed economist," President Harry Truman used to say, expressing his frustration at his economic advisers' tendency to say "On the one hand, Mr. President…, but on the other hand." This story from Christian Science Monitor is chock full of two-handed...
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