Is US Dollar Doomed? Part 2

Posted by Capital CO on March 21st, 2010 under Finance •  Comments Off

Cited: Reuters

Continued from “Is US Dollar Doomed? Part 1“

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS

The reserve currency status is conferred upon the United States that so-called “the exorbitant privilege”, as it was called by the former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing when he was finance minister, the past 60 years.

Because the dollar is in high demand, U.S. borrowing [...]



New Cargo Screening Rules In Effect.com

Posted by Capital CO on March 3rd, 2009 under Business •  No Comments

Air cargo handling experts and those employees who are working at any one of an airport’s air cargo checkpoint solutions sites are grappling with changes in the way cargo is now being inspected under new laws that took effect Feb. 1.
According to Networkworld News, February marked the launch of new guidelines for air cargo screening [...]