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To: TobagoJack who wrote (69799)	12/19/2010 11:50:56 AM
From: Hawkmoon	3 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217915

hong kong is the most free in this galaxy Sounds like you're an adherent of Xenu... ;) Hawk

To: TobagoJack who wrote (69799)	12/20/2010 7:54:00 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217915

Inevitable propaganda. What is forgotten is that before the gold ETFs, there were gold mutual funds such as those run by Van Eck. A determined investor could own the mutual funds that invested in gold miners and get exposed to gold in that way. Krugerrands, too, back in the day. bloomberg.com “There was a potential perfect storm scenario where suddenly gold would fall into the clutches of hedge funds and momentum traders in very, very aggressive, leveraged plays, which could spike the price and then drop the floor out from underneath it,” Burton recalls of the talks.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (69799)	12/20/2010 9:27:02 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217915

Zuckerberg's efforts to learn Mandarin. Facebook's Zuckerberg visits China, Baidu Posted 19m ago \| Comments 1 \| Recommend E-mail \| Save \| Print \| Enlarge By Gabriel Bouys, AFP/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg has expressed a business interest in China. BEIJING (AP) — Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg started a visit to China on Monday with a tour of the offices of the country's top search engine, while his own social networking site remained blocked on the mainland. Photos of Zuckerberg's visit to Baidu were quickly posted online. "Obviously I'm not going to deny what's in the pictures," said Kaiser Kuo, Baidu's director of international communications. Zuckerberg had lunch with Baidu (BIDU) CEO Robin Li, Kuo said, adding that he didn't know what they talked about. He said the two had met before. Not many in China are familiar with Facebook, but Zuckerberg is known for being Time magazine's 2010 Person of the Year, according to Kuo. China censors Internet content it deems politically sensitive and blocks many websites, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. But curiosity has been high about Zuckerberg's visit to China and any possible business angles. Zuckerberg has expressed a business interest in China, saying during a speaking engagement in October, "How can you connect the whole world if you leave out 1.6 billion people?" Facebook watchers have also noted the travel-related questions he posted recently about China. "Mark has had a long personal interest in China," Kuo said, pointing out Zuckerberg's efforts to learn Mandarin. Zuckerberg is traveling with his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, and no apparent entourage. Aside from a visit Monday morning to a Tibetan temple in Beijing, the rest of his schedule in China is not known. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (69799)	12/20/2010 9:27:02 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217915

Greece, Ireland and Portugal should leave eurozone, should “dump the euro” According to Bosomworth, Greece, Ireland and Portugal should leave the eurozone in a bid to get their economies back on track, said the senior executive of the world’s largest bond investor. "Without their own currency or large fund transfers, Greece, Ireland and Portugal will not be able to land on their feet," Andrew Bosomworth told the German daily newspaper Die Welt. He added that by adopting their own currencies, Greece, Ireland and Portugal would be able to develop competitive exchange rates to boost exports and subsequently they could achieve the economic growth required to repay heavy debt loads. Bosomworth added that once confidence in sovereign debt markets had grown they could reintegrate the single currency. Belgium, Italy and Spain should be able to overcome their own debt problems while remaining inside the eurozone as long as they remained supported by partners, added Bosomworth. Since the debt crisis erupted a year ago, a lot of countries in the eurozone have considered leaving after news emerged that Greece’s finances were a lot worse than believed. However, many economists point to the massive cost of such an operation and say that increased costs of borrowing to countries that decided to disaffiliate with the eurozone would probably dissuade them from taking such a step. The eurozone is set to expand to 17 members on 1, January 2011 with the inclusion of Estonia.