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Odds 'n Sods:
Walt suggested this from the New York Times: Virus
Suspected as Cause of U.S. Honeybee Deaths. The article begins: "New
research suggests a virus may be causing the puzzling collapse of honey-bee
colonies across the
U.S. that has hurt commercial beekeepers and farmers who
rely on these bees to pollinate crops. A team of scientists said it has found
a strong association between a pathogen known as Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus,
or IAPV, and the deaths of billions of honey- bees in the U.S. The identification
of
the virus may even suggest
a way to fixing the problem: breeding bees that are resistant to the bug, and
then repopulating decimated hives with them."
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Tom in Oregon sent us this article link about the ubiquitous CONEX container,
from The Strategy Page: Tents
Evolve Into Steel Boxes
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Thanks to J.M. for sending this: Is China quietly dumping US Treasuries?
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By way of Jim Sinclair's
MineSet, we read that Bloomberg warned us back in May: Credit-Default
Swaps Spur Fastest Derivatives
Growth. I still expect to see a
global derivatives melt-down that will change
the financial landscape in a way that will still be remembered centuries from
now--on a par with Holland's
Tulip Mania of the 1630s or the South
Sea Company investing fiasco, circa 1720.
