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Archive for June, 2009

China calls again for a worldwide currency

Friday, June 26th, 2009

U.S. Stocks Drop as Savings Rate Hits 15-Year High, Oil Falls – Bloomberg.com
June 26 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell as the highest American savings rate in 15 years spurred concern that spending will slow, while falling oil drove down energy producers. The dollar dropped after China’s central bank reiterated a call for a worldwide currency.

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Bohemian rhapsody

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Bohemian rhapsody

Somewhere, in hippie heaven, Jerry Garcia is chuckling into his beard. The late titan of tie-dye, whose love of the colourful T-shirt style became a sartorial trademark during his reign as frontman of the Grateful Dead, would surely be chuffed that hippie fashion, an oxymoron to the most stylish of snobs, is making a big comeback.

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