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Stocks, Commodities Gain as Dollar Slumps on Economic Optimism By Michael P. Regan and Mark Gilbert Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks and commodities advanced, while the dollar approached a 14-year low against the yen, as reports on home sales, jobless claims and consumer confidence spurred optimism that the economic recovery is strengthening. The

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The Wilding of Sarah Palin By Robin of BerkeleyWhen I was in college, I read a book that changed my life. It was Susan Brownmiller's tome, Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape, which explained rape as an act of power instead of just lust. What I found particularly chilling was the chapter on war -- how rape is used to terrorize a population and destroy the enemy's spirit.While edifying, the book magnified the vulnerability I already felt as a female. Fear of rape became a c

Schumpeter Remem...
Schumpeter Remembering Drucker Four years after his death, Peter Drucker remains the king of the management gurus IN THE normal run of things the management world is divided into dozens of mutually suspicious tribes—theoreticians versus practitioners, publicity-hogging gurus versus retiring academics, supporters of “scientific” management versus advocates of the “humanistic” sort. But this month has seen unusual comity: the leaders of all the management tribes came together to celebrate the centenar

Debt is Destroyi...
Debt is Destroying the DollarBy George WillWASHINGTON -- One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that it is an asset whose value "has never dropped to zero," a boast that surely sets a record for minimalism. Still, the world's appetite for gold as an investment option is intensifying. Last month, India purchased 200 tons of gold at $1,045 an ounce, before the price topped $1,108 on Monday. China, too, may increasingly diversify from paper -- i.e., bonds -- into gold, the price of which, some experienced investors

The world econom...
The world economy Dangerous froth Asset prices could push central bankers off course long before any bubbles burst THE post-crisis challenge for central bankers has long seemed easy to describe. They must steer between the shoals of short-term deflation and the longer-term risk of accelerating consumer prices. But recently a new concern has cropped up: that loose monetary conditions are creating dangerous bubbles in all manner of assets, from oil prices to Asian apartments, that could capsize the global recov