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EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKS AGREE TO LOWER GOLD SALES CEILING / THE FINANCIAL TIMES
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GREAT DOCUMENTARY FROM THE BBC ABOUT THE OLDEST CITY OF THE AMERICAS: CARAL- PERU 2600 B.C. / BBC ( HIGHLY RECOMMENDED WATCHING )
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SWISS BANKS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES LEX
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COMMODITIES SPECULATION / THE FINANCIAL TIMES LEX ( RECOMMENDED READING )
Commodities speculation Published: August 3 2009 14:50 If you don’t like the facts , then find new ones . A year after six federal agenci...
AUTOCRACY AND THE DECLINE OF THE ARABS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL
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PROTECTIONISM EXPOSED / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL ( RECOMMENDED READING )
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