Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote:
> US dollar no longer accepted at Taj Mahal and other Indian historical sites
>
Frederick,
President George Bush (43) was in Tanzania two days ago. He arrived with a lot
of US dollars, supposedly aid money. Some western papers reported that, because
of the dollars, George Bush was more popular among the people in Tanzania than
the people in the US.
Last night Jay Leno was interviewing Bush in Tanzania. The interview went
something like this:
Leno: "Mr President, I hear that you are very popular in these countries with
struggling economies. How do they treat you there?"
Bush: "Oh Leno, they treat me like an equal."
Here is what just crossed the wires:
China gold demand rises 26 per cent in 2007
19 Feb, 2008, REUTERS
SHANGHAI: Gold demand in China grew 26 per cent in 2007 from a year earlier to
326.1 tonnes, boosted by booming jewellery consumption, the World Gold Council
said on Tuesday.
Chinese jewellery demand reached 302.2 tonnes in 2007, the council said in a
news release, making China the world's second-largest retail jewellery market
after India. Booming Chinese demand for the precious metal helped to boost its
price in London to a record high of $936.50 an ounce in early February.
Mervyn3.0
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