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China offers Taiwan economic aid

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

China and Taiwan has been warming up to each other recently. Is this the beginning of a new currency/trading bloc?

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With A Changing Of The Political Guard, Now Is The Time To Harness The Profit Potential

Smart_Profits_Report — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

The winds of change are coming… Not only does that include Barack Obama taking office in a little under two months time, it could also include a natural energy resource receiving an increasing amount of attention.

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Israeli hawks ready to fly on Iran

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

An Israeli strike is another Black Swan event. The effects will be unpredictable.

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Obama's Yuan Calls May Cause Collision With China (Update1)

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

Obama does not look favourably at China's currency peg. If he takes 'decisive' action against that, this could mean a trade war with China.

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Obama's top economic contenders

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

Who will be in Obama's economic team?

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Obama's business brain trust

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

A line up of Obama's advisers.

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Obama takes the reins

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

Obama is a fan of big-government.

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Menace of the growing red fleet

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

As we mentioned before in "Fighting for resources in the Caucasus" (http://cij.inspiriting.com/?p=517), this growing Chinese fleet could be a pre-cursor to the Chinese protecting their resource interest in the long term.

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Was the War in Georgia a Neocon Election Ploy?

cij — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

In response to "Fighting for resources in the Caucasus" at (http://cij.inspiriting.com/?p=517), one of our readers suggested this article.

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West worried about Georgia oil pipeline - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News

FireApple — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:40 GMT

Western concerns are growing over the impact of bloody clashes between Georgia and Russia on a key oil pipeline through the region from the Caspian Sea to the West, analysts say. While Georgia does not produce oil itself, US and European energy firms have counted on the pro-Western country - sandwiched between Russia and Iran further south - to host a conduit for oil and gas exports from Azerbaijan.

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