Geoffrey Lean
The Independent
May 4, 2008
Giant agribusinesses are enjoying soaring earnings and profits out of the world food crisis which is driving millions of people towards starvation, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. And speculation is helping to drive the prices of basic foodstuffs out of the reach of the hungry.
The prices of wheat, corn and […]
CNN Money
May 5, 2008
ATLANTA (CNN) — After a two-week climb in gasoline prices, there appeared to be some short-term moderation Monday - but another run at the record high set last week seems likely, two surveys indicated.
The average price of gasoline jumped 15 cents over the past two weeks to a national average of $3.62 […]
The following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster.
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Mike Whitney
Counterpunch
April 26, 2008
Food riots have broken out across the globe destabilizing large parts of the developing world. China is experiencing double-digit inflation. Indonesia, Vietnam and India have imposed controls over rice exports. Wheat, corn and soy beans are at record highs and threatening to go higher still. Commodities are up across the board. The […]
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Mark Drajem and Jens Erik Gould
Bloomberg
April 21, 2008
President George W. Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico will use a summit meeting today in New Orleans to defend free trade and their $930 billion in cross-border commerce against a political backlash. It won’t be easy.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon […]
FRANCIS KOKUTSE
Associated Press
April 21, 2008
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - The U.N. chief warned Sunday that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices and pledged to set up a task force on a crisis threatening to destabilize developing nations.
The cost of food has increased by around 40 percent since mid-2007 worldwide, and the […]
Mike Sheehan
Raw Story
April 15, 2008
A growing number of bankruptcies among US retailers is set to prompt thousands of store closings, the New York Times will report on the front page of its Tuesday edition.
“The consumer spending slump and tightening credit markets are triggering a wave of bankruptcies in American retailing,” with ensuing store closures “expected […]
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AFP
April 13, 2008
The World Bank on Sunday launched a “New Deal” to fight hunger and poverty and urged governments to take action against a food crisis that has sparked deadly unrest in developing countries.
A doubling of food prices over the past three years could push 100 million […]
Christopher S. Bentley / JBS | April 11, 2008
“It’s time to call BS on the idea of a mythical North American Union,” stated the progressives at Alternet.
Follow this link to the original source: “Busting Paranoid Right-Wing Fantasies of Dissolving Mexico-U.S.-Canada Borders”
Authors Rocha and Anderson, from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), must have worn their […]