From The Independent: Only £4.4m left to protect UK’s bank deposits [1]
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There is an interesting topic posted over at The Mental Militia Forums [2] (formerly called The Claire Files), about the tremendous gains in the price of Rhodium [3] in the past five years. Obviously, somebody made a lot of money. (FYI, it wasn’t me. I was very conservatively invested in silver and gold.)
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Pets being slaughtered in meat-starved Zimbabwe [4]. Zimbabwe is now truly in crisis. 80% unemployment. An average life expectancy of just 37 years. The inflation rate is continuing to increase–some analysts predicts a 100,000 percent annual rate by the end of 2007.
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Courtesy of RBS, from U.S.News & World Report: Bozeman, Montana Locals Worried About Wealthy Newcomers [5]