World's most expensive sheep sold <http://roundupworldnews.blogspot.com/2009/08/shear-madness-worlds-most- expensive.html>
A six-month-old sheep need never worry again about being turned into lamb chops after being sold for a record-breaking £231,000. The Texel tup called Deveronvale Perfection became the most expensive sheep in the world after it was auctioned at a livestock market in Lanark. The pedigree ram was bred by Graham Morrison, of Banff, and bought by Fraserburgh farmer Jimmy Douglas. **************************************************** Top 8 Most Tradable Currencies <http://roundupworldnews.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-8-most-tradable-curren cies.html> Although the foreign exchange market is often billed as a banker's game, currencies can sometimes be great diversification for a portfolio that might have hit a bit of a rut. It's a market that can also offer tremendous opportunity when other global forums enter the doldrums. As a result, knowing a little bit about forex, and the fundamentals behind it, can make significant additions to any trader, investor or portfolio manager's arsenal. Let's take a look at eight currencies every trader or investor should know, along with the central banks of their respective nations. **************************************************** Sony repositioning PlayStation 3 as all-in-one entertainment device <http://technologyrays.blogspot.com/2009/08/sony-repositioning-playstati on-3-as-all.html> Nearly three years after the device launched and quickly fell behind its two major competitors, Sony is attempting to reposition its Playstation 3 video game console as an all-in-one entertainment device. The Japanese electronics giant is launching a new advertising campaign for the crucial fall and holiday season that places less emphasis on its video game capabilities and more on its ability to play high-definition Blu-ray DVDs and to download movies from the Internet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
