By Adrian Ash “…In Cheshire, England, a man has just been charged with stealing 400 bronze memorial plaques from his local crematorium. Bronze is 90% copper, and thanks to the price of copper quadrupling inside four years…”
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By Robert Blumen “…Does the decline of U.S. manufacturing and the growing trade deficit portend a collapse of the dollar? Or are we in a brave new world in which countries with developed financial markets produce nothing…”
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By Jim Amrhein “…As a lot of you may know, I like to think of myself as little more than a red-blooded American redneck who can maybe spell a little better than your average offspring of first cousins…”
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By Ed Bugos “…The collapse of the “strong dollar policy†of that period formed one of the major premises of my case for gold at the time. However, by early 2005, as the currency reached my original target…”
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By Samantha Buker “…If this Fair Currency Act does become law, it won’t take effect until January 2008. Only in spring will the process even begin, with Hank Paulson’s “findings. ”
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By Samantha Buker “…America has declared war on the Chinese yuan. Depending on whether you go with the House or Senate figures, the yuan is undervalued by anywhere from 15% to more than 40%. That’s a pretty big spread…”
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Not too long ago, I did a story on St. George Single Malt Whiskey from American distiller St. George Spirits. As many of you know the St. George’s Distillery is up and running in Norfolk, England. The two are NOT related. It remains to be seen if there will be any problem with the importation […]
A recent email from a reader asking about whether it was a good idea to store his whisky on its side reminded me that we were due to revisit this series…. Originally Posted April 28, 2006 Screw (Cap) This [Pt. 2] Continuing our look at the cork and its place in Scotch… I also got […]
A recent email from a reader asking about whether it was a good idea to store his whisky on its side reminded me that we were due to revisit this series…. Originally Posted April 21, 2006 Screw (Cap) This [Pt. 1] Jody Cairns asks:How about an article behind the usefulness (or lack thereof) of corks? […]