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Home Sales Probably Waned After Credit U.S. Economy Preview

February 16, 2011

By Shobhana Chandra June 20 (Bloomberg) — The housing market began to retrench in May after a government incentive ended, leaving manufacturing at the head of the U.S.

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Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin of New &lsquoWorld Currency&rsquo at G-8

February 16, 2011

By Lyubov Pronina July 10 (Bloomberg) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev illustrated his call for a supranational currency to replace the dollar by pulling from his pocket a sample coin of a “united future world currency.” “Here it is,” Medvedev told reporters today in L’Aquila, Italy, after a summit of the Group of Eight nations. “You can see it and touch it.” The coin , which bears the words “unity in diversity,” was minted in Belgium and presented to the heads of G-8 delegations, Medvedev said.

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Macarthur Coal Founder Talbot, Sundance Resources CEO Missing in Cameroon

February 16, 2011

By Elisabeth Behrmann June 20 (Bloomberg) — Sundance Resources Ltd ., an Australian-based iron ore explorer, today confirmed Ken Talbot , former chief executive officer of Australian mining company Macarthur Coal Ltd ., is missing in West Africa after an aircraft carrying nine mining executives was lost.

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Santos Seeks Landslide Win in Colombia as World Cup Keeps Voters at Home

February 16, 2011

By Helen Murphy June 20 (Bloomberg) — Colombians may hand a landslide victory today to presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos , won over by his pledges to build on Alvaro Uribe ’s successes in boosting investment and beating back Marxist rebels.

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China’s Hu Buys Time on Yuan Valuation by Announcement Before G-20 Summit

February 16, 2011

By Bloomberg News June 21 (Bloomberg) — Chinese President Hu Jintao may have succeeded in removing the yuan’s valuation from debate at this week’s Group of 20 leaders’ summit, economists and political analysts say. How much time he’s bought depends on how flexible the currency will become.

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