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Sunday, 18 Oct, 2009
The great October fall of the US dollar is turning into an avalanche. Within six months (April through September) the dollar lost over 10 percent at the world foreign exchange trading, which marked the sharpest decline since 1991. Some experts believe that the American currency is close to collapse, which may lead to a new financial crisis.
The tendency of the US dollar devaluation has been observed for a few years, but the current rate of decline is unprecedented. Some jokesters even rushed to re-read the letters of Karl Marx to Friedrich Engels written during the US financial panic of 1857
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Wednesday, 7 Oct, 2009
Russia, China, Japan, France and the countries of the Persian Gulf intend not to use the US dollar in their settlement for oil. The countries are reportedly in secret talks with each other regarding the subject. Instead of the dollar, they intend to use the basket of currencies. The plans may become real in 2018. If it happens, the financial system will be changed globally. Experts believe that the mere fact of such ideas causes damage to the image of the American currency.
The basket of currencies, which the above-mentioned nations intend to use, will consist of the yen,
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Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2009
Certain bacteria are capable of solving problems people cannot solve. They can consume radiation, produce electricity and oil and even treat cancer. American scientists from a California University
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Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2009
For the first time computer safety experts encountered a new modification of a Trojan virus capable of sending its owner a PC user’s data in real time. Hackers
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Monday, 28 Sep, 2009
Google marked its eleventh birthday on Sunday with a redesigned logo which displayed "Goog11e". However the search engine giant's actual birthday is somewhat in dispute. Last year, Google
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Wednesday, 23 Sep, 2009
Eminem's music publisher wants a bigger slice from Apple. Eight Mile Style LLC and a co-plaintiff, Martin Affiliated LLC, are suing Apple Inc., claiming they never authorized the
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Wednesday, 23 Sep, 2009
Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said it will launch a 100-million-U.S.-dollar global brand campaign to project an image of being at the center of people's online lives.
"Our vision is
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Wednesday, 23 Sep, 2009
A pall of red dust blown in from the Outback clogged the skies over Sydney on Wednesday, diverting international flights, disrupting ferries and prompting a spike in emergency
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Monday, 21 Sep, 2009
A website offering to hack into Facebook accounts for a fee is little more than a scam, a security website has warned. The site which appears to be
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Wednesday, 9 Sep, 2009
My father saved me from cocaine addiction. Lady GaGa has revealed her tough no-nonsense father save her from drug addiction.
GaGa admitted spending long periods snorting cocaine alone
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Tuesday, 8 Sep, 2009
How much health benefit you get from physical exercise might depend on your gender, and your race, new research suggests.
The work is based on data from more than
Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," which premieres at the Venice film
Internet users are leaving themselves open to security risks by adopting weak passwords, a new study reveals.
British insurer CPP said that too many people are using things like
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Monday, 31 Aug, 2009
German Hans-Christian Marxen believes he lives a picture-perfect life in Nanjing.
The city's European Union Chamber of Commerce board chair, who documents his Chinese odyssey in self-published photographic books,
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Friday, 28 Aug, 2009
A tawny stuffed puppy bobs in cold sea water, his four stiff legs tangled in the green net of some nameless fisherman.
It's one of the bigger pieces
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Wednesday, 26 Aug, 2009
Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
A report being released Wednesday by IBM Corp. shows a big drop in the volume
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Sunday, 23 Aug, 2009
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Internet radio stations got a boost Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that Yahoo's
LAUNCHcast music service was not interactive enough to be forced
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Wednesday, 19 Aug, 2009
Crisis or no crisis, women in Moscow aren't about to be caught dead looking drab. Shopping malls are still teeming with shoppers, and glossy magazines line the supermarket