Luke BurgessPosted April 20, 2006
Gold World editor Luke Burgess reports that rising copper prices provides a different reason to pinch your pennies.
Brian HicksPosted April 18, 2006
Man, I missed China. I missed delicious dumplings, eye-popping neon signs, and bombastic speeches. I especially missed the speeches. Halfway between high school coach and preschool teacher, Chinese...
Brian HicksPosted April 17, 2006
England isn't generally thought of for its dearth of H2O. But as I watched a spokesman for Thames Water interviewed on the anomalous beach of a Sussex reservoir, I knew the land must be thirsty.
Luke BurgessPosted April 14, 2006
With the holiday weekend upon us, retail gasoline prices are soaring across the nation as the crude oil market prices increase dramatically.
Brian HicksPosted April 11, 2006
Scotland is in transition. A recently instituted smoking ban finds Edinburgh bars emanating stale sweat and baked potato essence instead of the pleasant-by-comparison nicotine stench. Meanwhile in...
Brian HicksPosted April 6, 2006
It's interesting how $60 oil has gone so gently into this good night. Even though prices have eased, the consumer has accepted this new paradigm, like so much else, without much thought.
Luke BurgessPosted April 3, 2006
The clock is ticking. Last week the UN Security Council told Iran it had 30 days to halt its uranium enrichment endeavor. If the country refuses to cordially roll over to meet the demands by the...
Brian HicksPosted March 28, 2006
When you ask a stranger for directions in China, you'd better ask another. Though "which way is the post office?" wouldn't normally fall within the realm of opinion in most countries, I've learned...
Luke BurgessPosted March 27, 2006
Up until early this morning, pennies really bothered me. Smug in their copper brownness, the tiny coins are virtually worth nothing.
Luke BurgessPosted March 20, 2006
Before I begin today I want you to take a quick look at this commodity chart
Brian HicksPosted March 17, 2006
The great Baltimorean H.L. Mencken once quipped, "War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands." We remain unfortunately stagnant...
Brian HicksPosted March 14, 2006
It's the most infuriatingly oblivious statement I've ever heard, and it's all too common: ""If other countries want the American dollar, they've gotta speak English!"