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To: JimisJim who wrote (149469)4/15/2011 5:42:58 PM
From: Jacob Snyder1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206326
 
re Kuwait giving free food:

So, when I fill up my Expedition's gas tank (24 gallons X $4.06/g = $97), I'm paying the Emir to bribe his subjects not to rebel against him, so the oilfields don't get torched again. Wonderful.



To: JimisJim who wrote (149469)4/16/2011 3:36:58 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 206326
 
Free food? Brazil exports to Mideast up 35% in March, driven by sales of meats, sugar, iron ore, soybean and aircraft.

In the first quarter, sales to the Middle East reached nearly $2.5 billion, an increase of 29.6 percent over the same period of 2010, as total revenues from Brazilian exports world wide reached more than $51 billion.

Soy Oil Boosts Exports to Arabs

According to ANBA, soy oil helped boost Brazilian agribusiness exports to the Arab world in the first quarter this year and in the month of March. "The highlights were Algeria and Egypt, which are African Arab countries, and whose imports of soy oil have risen.

Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:55 PM