Billions at risk from wheat super-blight
US Fed releases $200bn as credit crisis hits new depths
TIPS' Yields Show Fed Has Lost Control of Inflation
The yield on the five-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security due in 2012 has been negative since Feb. 29, and traded today at minus 0.17 percent. The notes, which were first sold in 1997, have never before traded below zero.
Derivatives the new 'ticking bomb'
China asks armed forces to be 'combat ready'
"Preparations for military struggle shall be continued, which is now the most important, practical and imperative task", Jing Zhiyuan, commander of the Second Artillery Force of the PLA, said.
The remarks of Jin and other PLA members of Chinas parliament, National Peoples Congress, came at the ongoing NPC session just two days after China announced a steep 17.6 per cent hike in its defence budget for 2008 and issued a stern warning to Taiwan that it would pay a "dear price" for its "secessionist activities".
Russian-bomber flights alarm NORAD
Rising metal costs may see Aussie coins change
This year the metal value of the 5c, 10c and 20c coins will overtake their face value for the first time, News Ltd reported today.
Afghan violence at highest level since US invasion
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