commodity

Rising pork bellies prices hit all-time high | Business | The Guardian

6 August 2010

“The supply of slaughter hogs in the US is much lower than a year ago,” says Chip Whalen, a risk manager at Commodity & Ingredient Hedging, a consultancy in Chicago. “There’s a lot of additional usage of bacon – the BLT is very popular at this time of year and a lot of restaurants feature [...]

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Gold Is the New Tupperware, and You’re Invited to the Party – WSJ.com

22 December 2009

Gold Is the New Tupperware, and You’re Invited to the Party – WSJ.com: “The 1950s were big for Tupperware parties. The 1970s were hot for Mary Kay cosmetics. As this decade hobbles to a close, a new kind of social gathering is invading America’s living rooms: the gold party.”

I haven’t heard of these but they [...]

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Ethiopia’s fake central bank gold

18 December 2009

How to Make Convincing Fake-Gold Bars | Popular Science: “On Wednesday, the BBC reported that millions of dollars in gold at the central bank of Ethiopia has turned out to be fake: What were supposed to be bars of solid gold turned out to be nothing more than gold-plated steel. They tried to sell the [...]

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