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To: carranza2 who wrote (36029)	6/24/2008 12:35:02 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218229

With the sudden stop of about half of SUV & truck production, there will be a lot of Pd and Pt in inventory and in process that won't be needed. I expect some of that to hit the market.

To: carranza2 who wrote (36029)	6/24/2008 9:27:34 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218229

highlights favorable investment climate - Goldman Sachs - June 24, 2008 Message 24700559

To: carranza2 who wrote (36029)	6/25/2008 2:07:59 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218229

technology for inoculating bacteria into root nodules to maximise nitrogen fixation. The capacity to fix nitrogen, a characteristic of leguminous plants, has already been transferred to some varieties of sugarcane. It could be introduced into the Brazilian people’s staple foods, such as rice, maize, and cassava, and it could be improved in beans. This is a "long and promising road" for science to travel, the expert said. Investment in science yields "the best returns," and can lead to identifying new areas for farming, like the Cerrado, a vast savannah in central Brazil, which was regarded as "unproductive" until the 1970s, he says. ipsnews.net

To: carranza2 who wrote (36029)	6/25/2008 2:17:09 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218229

Nitrogen out of thin air. Biological nitrogen fixation in the tropics: Social and economic contributions Johanna Döbereiner EMBRAPA - Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Agrobiologia (EMBRAPA-CNPAB), Km 47, Seropédica, Itaguaí, 23851-970, RJ, Brazil Accepted 4 July 1996. ; Available online 25 February 1998. Brazil has become the world leader in replacing N fertilisers by biological N2 fixation (BNF). Even though agriculture in Brazil is one of the main export-producing activities, it has become the country which uses the lowest N applications (mean 10 kg ha-1). Soybeans selected with zero N applications have become the country's largest export product. Cereals, also selected with N supplies much below their need, unknowingly were selected for associations with diazotrophic bacteria and can obtain up to 30% of their N from BNF when fertilised with ample PK and minor elements. The largest effect in this group was obtained with sugar cane, which can obtain up to 150 kg N ha-1 from BNF. This has become the key to the success of the Brazilian Bio-fuel programme where because of increases in the energy balance when the cane is planted without any N fertiliser and without burning the leaves, the energy produced is more than 5 times that required to produce it. Recently possibilities of expanding this biofuel programme to diesel oil are arising from the isolation of probably new diazotrophs which colonise the stems of oil palms, of the Brazilian palm genotypes which usually are not fertilised with N.

To: carranza2 who wrote (36029)	6/27/2008 4:29:36 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218229

just in in-tray ... hmmmmnnn Interesting take on why the States of Illinois and California REALLY sued Countrywide.... xyz BoA's real problem is going to be legal, not financial liabilities. An earlier Bloomberg article stated that after the deal goes through, BoA is planning to put a "firewall" between themselves and all the toxic waste from Countrywide, by creating a separate LLC (Red Oak Company.) After the merger, "Red Oak" whatever they decide to call it can file for bankruptcy, or better yet get dumped in the Fed's driveway after midnight, like a corpse. Then BoA gets to drive away with the plunder. However, the Illinois and California lawsuits were astutely filed before the merger goes through. A prior legal action cannot avoided by sweeping all of Countrywide's liabilities into a separate legal entity. Let's see how many other states get in on the action before Tuesday - I predict its gonna be an all-nighter in the Massachusetts and NY AG offices tonight through Tuesday AM. This will come back to haunt BoA. I predict that eventually the states will reach some settlement with the Feds and BoA in the interest of not bankrupting the largest bank in the country, and possibly establishing a funding source for future bailouts, kind of like the tobacco settlement. In the meantime, short BoA into the mid-teens. central_scrutinizer \| 06.26.08 - 9:53 pm

To: carranza2 who wrote (36029)	6/27/2008 8:41:50 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218229

Even the FT started changing their mind. They don't say decoupling. They now are saying: "soft-decoupling". Emerging economies able to withstand US slowdown By Todd Ruppert Published: June 25 2008 17:20 \| Last updated: June 25 2008 17:20 The most likely outcome of any US recession is a “soft decoupling” in which the rest of the world slows a bit but avoids a recession or sharp decline in growth. Consequently, we believe emerging market equities can continue to outperform those in developed markets, though the pace of their advance will likely moderate.