China stakes claim to S. Texas oil, gas
Monica Hatcher Houston Chronicle State-owned Chinese energy giant CNOOC is buying a multibillion-dollar stake in 600,000 acres of South Texas oil and gas fields, potentially…
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Currency Wars: The Phantom Financial Menace
AgentOgden Illustration Giordano Bruno NeitherCorp Press War, almost every kind of war, is first and foremost a production. A piece of live-action theater with “good…
Finance Leaders Call for IMF Role in Averting Protectionist `Currency War’
Sandrine Rastello and Iuri Dantas Bloomberg Global governments tasked the International Monetary Fund with calming the recent outbreak of tensions over currencies amid signs they…
UFOs to Bring ‘Great Events,’ Chinese Scientist Predicts
Purple Mountain Observatory – Wiki Image Lee Speigel AOL News All those UFOs that have been spotted around China this year, closing down airports and…
UFO Promotion Goes Mainstream – Quick Hide!
The Daily Bell Former Air Force Officers Claim UFOs Visited Bases, Tampered With Nukes … UFOs They’re out there, say a handful of former Air…
U.S. Economic, Political and Military Expansion in Asia-Pacific Region
Dana Gabriel Be Your Own Leader The U.S. is stepping up efforts to gain more influence in Asia-Pacific through participation in more regional institutions and…
Fears of Chinese land grab as Bejing’s billions buy up resources
Sarah Arnott The Independent China is pouring another $7bn (£4.4bn) into Brazil’s oil industry, reigniting fears of a global “land grab” of natural resources. State-owned…
Millions of Computers Hit by Virus Across China
Jakarta Globe Bejing. A computer virus dubbed the world’s “first cyber superweapon” and which may have been designed to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities has found a…
US politicians threaten trade war with China
Congress to vote on punitive tariffs for Chinese imports amid frustration over ‘beggar-thy-neighbour’ currency policy Nicky Loh/Reuters Andrew Clark Guardian American frustration with Beijing’s trade…
Capital controls eyed as global currency wars escalate
Stimulus leaking out of the West’s stagnant economies is flooding into emerging markets, playing havoc with their currencies and economies. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Telegraph Brazil, Mexico,…
World gripped by ‘international currency war’
– Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega speaks out against devaluations – Economists fear increasing currency volatility and instability Tim Webb — The Guardian The world…
Ahead of the Bell: China imposes tariff on chicken
Associated Press Shares of the nation’s chicken producers could tumble on Monday after China said it will slap a hefty tariff on U.S. chicken imports…
US Congress moves to punish China on currency
AFP The US Congress moved Friday to open the way for retaliation against China over its currency, warning that it has lost patience with quiet…
Global food risk from China-Russia pincer
World food supplies are caught in a pincer as China becomes a net importer of corn for the first time in modern history and Russia’s…