G Tranding 10/11/2010

Silver Swings at Forex

Currencies traders and analysts put forward a large range of flaky explanations for an unexpected run higher in the dollar late Tuesday.

“Errrr dunno. Flows?” was the wobbliest, and yet most frequent explanation.

“Flows”–people buying dollars–would of course push the dollar up, and one-off big deals do sometimes have this effect. But it didn’t smell right at the time, as the boost to the dollar was too broad and too big.

A downgrade to U.S. debt by a Chinese rating 

EUR/USD up at the end of U.S. session

Forex Pros - The Euro was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Wednesday after the release of U.S. data on Initial Jobless Claims.

EUR/USD was trading at 1.3785, up 0.09% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 1.3672, today’s low, and resistance at 1.4230, Friday’s high.

Euro Claws Back Against Dollar In A Seesaw Session

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The euro rose from one-month lows to pull ahead of the dollar Wednesday after being whipsawed by quantitative easing, sovereign debt fears and a weak 30-year Treasury auction.


The common currency fell below $1.37--at 

Chinese take away Obama

Obama’s C-word

At his joint press appearance with US President Barack Obama at the capital’s Hyderabad House on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he is not afraid of the K-word. But it is the C-word that has animated 

Barack Obama in Indonesia appeals for Muslim-Christian tolerance

Barack and Michelle Obama with the grand imam at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

Barack Obama was in wistful mood today on his return to Indonesia, where he spent part of his childhood. He reminisced about mango trees, flying kites, running alongside paddy fields, buying satay from street vendors and catching dragonflies.

He spoke too of the tolerance Indonesians had shown the foreign child brought up in their midst, and the tolerance needed today to eradicate the mistrust that had built up over the years between Muslims and Christians.

He was speaking at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, in the second major speech of his presidency reaching out to the Muslim world. The first was in Cairo last year.

But there was little sign of tolerance on US conservative websites, where there were derogatory comments about the visit. Pictures of the Obamas visiting the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta are likely to surface on websites propagating the myth that the president is a secret Muslim.

This belief is based partly on reports that he attended a Muslim school in Indonesia,

Broward School Board Continues Lawyer Fiasco

The Broward County School Board has a bad case of emeritus.

You might think that after the stink caused by the Broward County School Board's plan to give outgoing Ed Marko a $266,000 salary to serve as general counsel emeritus (for the unwashed that's pronounced ih-MEH-ri-tus, not really like a disease) after he leaves his position, the board members might just throw that idea out the window.

Gottlieb a no-show.

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Yeah, you'd be wrong. Today -- moments ago, in fact -- the board voted 5-2 to approve the position for Marko, though the salary is still up in the air. That'll be hashed out later.

They pushed the controversial item through, mind you, despite the fact that four new board members will be seated at the next meeting and should probably have their say on this controversial issue. And the new members will have a say later; it'll be a decent litmus test for some of them.

China Still Bans Rare Earths for Japan

HONG KONG — The Chinese government is continuing to block shipments of crucial strategic minerals to Japan, according to industry executives, analysts and a Japanese official.

The blocked shipments of minerals known as rare earths, despite previous signals that China was lifting the ban, could increase tensions at the meeting of the Group of 20 leading economic powers, now under way in Seoul. And it could place China at odds with Germany, which has been an outspoken critic of the rare earths policy but has recently been an ally of China’s on a separate matter that is a hot topic for the G-20 — the weak United States dollar.

The continuation of China’s unannounced embargo against Japan highlights the delicate balance that Beijing officials are trying to strike as world leaders converge on

Robinho

Robson de Souza (born 25 January 1984 in São Vicente, Brazil), more commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan. He is currently captain of the Brazilian national team.

Robinho was personally picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent at only 15 years of age and went on to lead Santos to their first Campeonato Brasileiro title since Pelé himself played for the club. Since then he has won another title with Santos and two more with Spanish club Real Madrid. Robinho has won one Copa América title and two Confederations Cups with Brazil.

Club career

Santos

In 2002, at the age of eighteen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos in Brazil. He made 24 appearances in his debut season and scoring 1 goal as Santos won the 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro. He reached the final of the 2003 Copa Libertadores with Santos, but lost in the final to Boca Juniors. In 2004, Robinho finished with 21 goals in 37 games and led Santos to win another Campeonato Brasileiro.

His form had brought him to the attention of many European clubs in the summer of 2004, but Robinho remained with Santos after the Brazilian club rejected all of

GO SMiLE Offers Free Sample of Touch-Ups Whitening System

GO SMiLE, a home teeth whitening program that claims to be fast, easy, and a "totally modern way to whiten your teeth," currently has a free, full-size Touch Ups promotion as a way of drawing attention to GO SMiLE products, Gather.com reported.

According to the GO SMiLE website, the mission statement includes distributing a product as a way to "create and care for beautiful white smiles for everyone with innov

Smiles to Go

Smiles to Go is a 2008 young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli.

Plot summary

Will Tuppence is an average kid who is a science nerd who has his world thrown into disarray when he learns scientists have recorded the first instance of a proton decay and then witnesses his friends Mi-Su and BT kissing. For the longest time after he sees Mi