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...many commodities that go into the production of houses, cars, computers, and all kinds of durable goods. The Dow Jones-AIG commodity price index has shed more than half its value since mid-2008. Due to falling metal prices, BHP Billiton in January announced the mothballing of an Australian nickel mine only eight months after it officially opened. The most visible turnaround has been in oil. A year ago, Western governments were pleading with Persian Gulf oil states to ramp up production as oil sped toward $150 a barrel; today, OPEC is twisting off the spigot in an attempt...
...absent the political intensity of a hard-fought campaign - it is more difficult to get small donors to open their checkbooks. Still, Clinton is determined to clear her balance sheet. "She feels a real moral obligation to pay off the debt," says Begala, "to pay off every last nickel to everybody." As for his own role in her latest fundraising drive, Begala says, "I'm doing this because I just want her to have a clear conscience...
...gains. Other big players include local investment banks and wealthy individuals. The 80 stocks listed on the exchange range from the country's most popular cellular-phone carrier to Zimplow, which manufactures "animal-drawn farming implements," and includes companies producing a cross section of commodities such as timber, wine, nickel, tobacco, even bacon...
...Left secondary school at the age of 22 to work in the Trojan Nickel Mine to help support his family, later becoming an active member and leader of the Associated Mineworkers Union...
Researchers note that colonics, a staple of detoxification, can result in punctures in the intestinal wall--and moreover serve no medical purpose. On the other hand, chelation therapy, which removes heavy metals such as mercury and nickel in cases of metal poisoning, is an accepted treatment. But medical studies have yet to demonstrate the benefits of frequent chelation to rid the body of the tiny amounts of metals we take in from food and air. "There is a big leap from finding traces of mercury in the blood to supporting the need for detoxification therapy," says Laine...