Joe. P. picked up (via The Drudge Report) an interesting article about the ongoing oil drama that predicts crude oil at perhaps $100 per barrel
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Stephen in Iraq flagged this one: Morgan Stanley Profit Drops After Losses on LBO Loan
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After seeing my recent reference in the blog about the implications of the declining dollar, reader S.K. e-mailed me to mention that CDNN Sports recently received a large shipment of both Kahles scopes and binoculars, which are made in the Swarovski plant. Luckily, the pricing was set before the recent dollar exchange rate declines, so at least for now their prices have not changed. I suspect that the prices will increase substantially at the end of the year, so stock up!
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RBS spotted this: Soaring gold price forces U.S. Mint to pull American Gold Eagles from the market