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To: Zardoz who wrote (71735)	6/14/2001 6:10:16 PM
From: marek_wojna	Respond to of 116782

<<Tomorrow I'll likely take the profits and buy the July $22.5 puts for Nem>> Be gentle. Bull is written in the books.

To: Zardoz who wrote (71735)	6/15/2001 8:14:52 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116782

Hutch, reported on Bloomberg this morning these guys are asking for a $US 30% weaker! What is 30% higher gold? Dollar Falls as Manufacturers to Lobby for a Weaker Currency New York: The dollar fell to a three- week low against the euro after the National Association of Manufacturers said it will pressure the Bush administration to back away from its support of a strong U.S. currency. ``The dollar has been taking a bite out of the manufacturing sector,'' said Robert Blake, a senior economist at Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Markets. ``It's pretty clear they have a point.'' A strong dollar acts as a drag on manufacturers by eroding the value of their overseas earnings when translated back into the U.S. currency. While helping to quell U.S. inflation by keeping down import prices, it also makes exports less competitive on foreign markets. The dollar dropped a third day, to 86.22 U.S. cents from 85.53 late yesterday in New York. It fell to 121.38 yen, from 122.12. The U.S. currency reached a 15-year high this week against a basket of other major currencies, including the euro, yen and British pound. Today, it posted its biggest drop in two months against that group of currencies. bloomberg.com

To: Zardoz who wrote (71735)	6/22/2001 7:49:38 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116782

World hunger coming? Could the agriculture technology that Greenspam praised starve the world? Genetically modified canola becoming a weed WebPosted Fri Jun 22 02:04:08 2001 WINNIPEG - Western farmers are struggling with a new pest in their fields – a crop that was supposed to make their lives easier. INDEPTH: Food Fight Genetically modified (GM) canola is appearing in farmers' fields where it wasn't planted, and because the plant has been engineered to resist conventional herbicides, it's tough to kill. Agricultural scientists suspect that the plants spread through cattle manure. The seeds travel through an animal's digestive tract and are deposited on the soil, where they germinate. "The GM canola has, in fact, spread much more rapidly than we thought it would," said Martin Entz, a plant scientist at the University of Manitoba. "It's absolutely impossible to control." Ottawa approved GM canola in 1996, and at the time it did consider the possibility that it could become a weed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency describes the current problem as "a nuisance" and has advised farmers to "use another chemical." But the alternative chemicals can kill farmers' intended crops, and in some cases, the GM canola appears to be resistant to the other chemicals. FROM JUNE 5, 2000: Farmer faces giant chemical company in court Monsanto, which created on of the GM canola strains, says that if farmers' call the company, they'll send out a team to manually pull up the weeds. But Martin Phillipson, a University of Saskatchewan law professor, said that Monsanto may be liable for damages if their GM canola continues to spread. Written by CBC News Online staff cbc.ca