Coins And A Life: How It All Adds Up (Washington Post) bi13671601 After my father died and my mother moved an apartment, I wound up coin collection. Calling a "collection" generous; many of the U.S. coins were kept bags or tubes, barely sorted. Foreign coins were a global melting pot, shiny sailboats on Bahamian quarters becalmed..

A time when every picture told a story (Guardian Unlimited) bi13671601 Vermeer compresses a whole world the cool, lucid, quietly domesticated rooms he painted; flat rectangles of canvas somehow square the circle and stretch to the round edges of imagined space

International Forecaster June 2008 (#7) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More (GoldS bi13671601 The following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 20 page issue, please see subscription information below

Has Europe's terminal crisis begun a triple no vote? (Daily Telegraph) bi13671601 The ultra-Europeans have overplayed hand. We can now glimpse a chain of events that halt, and reverse, extremist push towards an Über-state that almost no one wants

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Silver a salve for miserable times (Asia Times) bi13671601 In case you want a handy way to keep tabs on how bad things get, Anthony Cherniawski of the Practical Investor reports that Money.CNN.com recently "reintroduced the concept of the 'Misery Index'," an interesting metric produced by combining the rate of inflation plus the rate of unemployment, "was last heard of the 1980s" when both of the rates were soaring and people were ..

Silver Saves Investors Big and Small (GoldSeek.com) bi13671601 In case you want a handy way to keep tabs on how bad things get, Anthony Cherniawski of the Practical Investor reports that Money.CNN.com recently "reintroduced the concept of the 'Misery Index' ", an interesting metric produced by combining the rate of inflation plus the rate of unemployment, "was last heard of the 1980's" when both of the rates were soaring and people were ..

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (GoldSeek.com) bi13671601 *** The hocus pocus of hedge funds?not much difference between McCain and Obama?and more!..

The weak dollar and the weary American tourist (MSNBC) bi13671601 Many of the world?s economies have strengthened. Prices have increased. The dollar, meanwhile, has collapsed. For globetrotting upscale travelers, the result a new and completely different travel landscape

Bryant's Australia (BBC News) bi13671601 No pomp or ceremony for the Queen's birthday..

Canadian Bonds Fall as Bank of Canada Halts Interest-Rate Cuts - Bloomberg bi13671601 Bonds Fall as Bank of Canada Halts Interest-Rate Cuts Bloomberg - 1 hour ago The yield on the two-year government bond rose 52 basis points week, or 0.52 percentage point, to 3.40 percent Toronto. dollar falls on US rate speculation Reuters dollar ends volatile session down a touch Reuters India 2-Year Bond Heads for Biggest Weekly Loss Since 2001 Bloomberg Reuters - Bloombergall 103 news articles..

The apology as Canadian as the hockey song. Sorry about that, CBC - The Ga bi13671601 The apology as as the hockey song. Sorry about that, CBC The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 7 hours ago Many First Nation leaders were fighting tears, and afterward some said was the first time they'd ever felt . Even Stephen Harper, the Tin Man, Canada's national word Toronto Star all 3 news articles..

Canadian troops respond to daring prison break - Ottawa Citizen bi13671601 troops respond to daring prison break Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 7 hours ago KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan - soldiers joined allied and Afghan national security forces a sweeping door-to-door urban hunt for hundreds of Video: Hundreds Escape Taliban Prison Attack AssociatedPress Jailbreak fills Kandahar streets prisoners CTV.ca Taliban strike frees hordes from prison Globe and Mail Winnipeg Sun - The Pressall 1,202 news articles..

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