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To: TobagoJack who wrote (49215)	4/26/2009 2:44:42 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217573

Poor people should be used as internal demand pull rather than feeding external demand pull. In he former they create wealth. In the later they transfer wealth. Thus the end of the exporting model is good. Once China's stimlus plan does TVA into China the economy will keep a strong pace even with the down on exports. Chinese will be working for themselves rather to provide for the consumer goods markets.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (49215)	4/26/2009 4:46:22 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217573

Brazil on Saturday called on the US and other developed countries to clean up their financial systems to allow for a sustained recovery of the global economy. reuters.com ELMAT: Not bossing anyone around. Just giving advice... In Washington, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega said the global financial system "remains under stress and the issue of toxic assets has not been solved," despite some recent positive economic signs. "This is a key issue. If the United States and other countries that have banks with toxic assets do not clean up their financial system, this crisis will last for a long time," Mantega told reporters on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington. Some initial positive signs were already visible, Mantega said, mentioning a tightening in interbank rate spreads, a slight recovery in commodity prices, and a positive performance in global equity markets. "But that does not mean that the crisis is over or that countries are not going to be in trouble," he said.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (49215)	4/26/2009 11:24:24 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217573

So no N95 talk yet :O) Was @ HD this AM... ample supplies... Not sure if they'd be effective but is this SARS replay.. TBS

To: TobagoJack who wrote (49215)	4/26/2009 4:06:41 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217573

Rhenium compnay: That whole company is probably built on processing less than 5 tons on Rhenium per year, out of world production of 40-50 tons per year. About half of that 40 tons is from Chile, from maybe 2-3 mines. A labor strike at copper mines would shut that down. The Russians evidently have very little, this is one of the few metals where China is not a major producer, and the US Defense stockpile has none. And it is absolutely essential to making more efficent jet aircraft engines, so the price of oil is a major indirect driver. Oh, just to make it more romantic and James Bond like, the Russians have a possible source in the remote Kurlie islands. It's on top of an active volcano ;-) It's a wonderful world...