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To: russwinter who wrote (58815)	4/20/2006 3:18:34 AM
From: Perspective	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Some nice really long-term charts here for perspective on today's runs: futuresbuzz.com Interesting how this one seems to be almost a recession indicator: futuresbuzz.com It spikes just before the economy slows - 1973, 79, 87, 94. Also note that all the spikes before this one were about the same amplitude, not quite a triple. The chart is missing recent data which have pushed this jump in prices out of the range of all historical price inflations. BC

To: russwinter who wrote (58815)	4/20/2006 8:15:21 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

China Denounces Claim Of Econ Espionage By Canadian Min (how much longer will people tolerate this THEFT russ?) . BEIJING (AP)--China on Thursday denounced comments by Canada's foreign minister that Chinese spies were stealing his country's industrial and high-tech secrets and warned that the accusations could strain ties between the two nations. Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said in an interview last week with Canada's CTV News that his government was "very concerned about economic espionage." "It is something we want to signal that we want to address, and to continue to raise with the Chinese at the appropriate time," MacKay said, according to CTV's Web site. But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said MacKay's remarks were "groundless and irresponsible." "China has not been engaging in any so-called economic espionage activities in Canada," Qin said at a regular briefing. "China expresses great concern over this. We hope the Canadian government can make a clear distinction between what's true and false and do more to help the healthy development of the China-Canada strategic partnership." According to the CTV report, intelligence files suggest that about 1,000 Chinese agents and informants operate in Canada, including visiting students, scientists and business people told to steal cutting-edge technology. MacKay said one example was China's Redberry, an imitation of the popular Blackberry handheld e-mail device, created by the Waterloo, Ontario-based Research in Motion Ltd. Figures released last month in Canada show that Canadian exports to China have tripled to over US$7 billion. -Edited by Alastair Gale (END) Dow Jones Newswires April 20, 2006 07:31 ET (11:31 GMT)