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...Speculators OPEC leaders have repeatedly called for limits on speculation in oil-futures markets, in which investors bet on which way oil prices will go. Oil officials blame speculators for volatile prices, and some financial analysts agree. "It is market psychology which is propping up prices," Morse says. If investors believe that the recession is near an end and that demand will soar, they could pour money into oil futures and drive up world prices. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington is weighing new rules that would limit how much money a hedge fund or investor can trade...
...pork again, and Vilsack said he would lean on the international trading partners who haven't yet lifted their U.S. pork bans. "Among the ones who have been open to reason and logic," he says tartly, "many of the barriers are already down." (Read "Swine Flu: Don't Blame...
...media still hold the greatest sway over potential U.S. pork consumers. "People hear the President or some other official say once or twice that pork is safe," Vilsack said, "and then they hear the term swine flu on TV and the Internet 50 times in a single day." The blame-the-media fallback is surely overstated, but for pork farmers trying to move the merch, less swine and more H1N1 in headlines will nonetheless be welcome...
...with the status quo.I love animals, don’t get me wrong. My best friend is named Tuck; he’s my cat. I am also bothered as much as the next person by the thought or sight of animals being mistreated. But to ignore, objectify, or blame the six billion HUMANS on the planet—many of whom are suffering whether from poverty, malnutrition, starvation, obesity, or any number of other things—is simply unforgivable...
...Street seemed particularly unrealistic in a cutthroat economic climate unfavorable to raising capital for any venture. When the university itself is struggling to find donations, attempting to solicit millions of dollars for a student center seems foolish. Now the fallout of failure will begin, and the UC can only blame itself. While its plan may have been well intentioned—improving social space on campus is an important issue—the UC was in over its head and now must accept that its credibility will suffer. Now the campaign will continue under the direction of the Student Community...