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In Chicago, home of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest of
the five options exchanges in the nation, brokers and speculators known as
options traders wage bets daily about what a stock price will do. In
options trades there are winners and losers regardless of the outcome.
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Saddam Turns His Back on Greenbacks
Time - November 13, 2000, Pg 34 <---------------=
By William Dowell / New York City
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EUROPE'S DREAM OF PROMOTING the euro as a competitor to the U.S. Dollar
may get a boost from SADDAM HASSSEIN. Iraq says that from now on it wants
payments for its oil in euros, despite the fact that the battered European
currency unit, which used to be worth quite a bit more than $1, has dropped
to about $.82. Iraq says it will no longer accept dollars for oil because
it does not want to deal "in the currency of the enemy."
The switch to euros would cost the U.N. a small fortune in accounting-
paperwork changes. It would also reduce the interest earnings and
reparations payments that Iraq is making for damage it caused during
the Gulf War, a shortfall of Iraqis would have to make up.
The move hurts Iraq, the U.N. and the countries receiving reparations. So
why is Saddam doing it? Diplomatic sources say switching to the euro will
favor European supliers over U.S. ones in competing for Iraqi contracts
and the p.r. boost that Baghdad would probably get in Europe would be
another plus
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES - UPDATES:
http://www.x-rates.com/
Euro Information
http://www.x-rates.com/faq_euro.html
Euros to 1 USD (invert,data)
http://www.x-rates.com/d/EUR/USD/graph120.html
Probability Of Worldwide Economic Collapse Under Insoluble Debt
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Note that the American media never picked up on this story
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/swiss.html
TITLE III--INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING ABATEMENT
AND ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING ACT OF 2001 s.1510
http://Thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:1:./temp/~c107gGJM5R::
PATRIOT ACT OF 2001 -- (House of Representatives - October 12, 2001)
http://Thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r107:22:./temp/~r107cYDaHo::
Patriot Act Unleashes Federal Police
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IT'S ALL ABOUT OIL!
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
SWISS INVESTIGATION INTO BUSH/CHENEY INVOLVEMENT IN OIL COMPANY BRIBES TO
KAZAKHSTAN
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/swiss.html
Afghanistan's pipeline dreams resurface
By Sarah Horner for eCountries
http://www.afghanradio.com/news/2001/february/feb8n2001.html
