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Next, you need to find a broker and clearinghouse to connect you with the markets to trade and also act as insurance to the exchange that you will cover any potential losses. (Read "Borders of Sudan's Oil-Rich Region Shrink...
...There's no denying that the 2003 U.S. invasion unleashed chaos in Iraq, as sectarian hatreds, Iranian influence and ancient feuds over land and the oil beneath it produced a storm of bloodletting. But last month, once U.S. troops began to shrink back to their giant bases, which are like sand-blown, little American cities, with pizza and burger chains, they ceased to be the dominant player in Iraq. And if the U.S. can no longer influence events in Iraq, what's the point of lingering around eating gritty pizza...
...areas of expertise - about 80% of antidepressant patients are receiving care from someone other than a psychiatrist. "These trends vividly illustrate the extent to which antidepressant treatment has gained acceptance in the United States," the authors write. Problems that were once solved partly through hours of introspection on a shrink's couch are now considered curable with a simple pill. It's up to us to determine whether this represents a step forward or back...
...most innovative is a proposal from Microsoft founder Bill Gates to redirect or shrink hurricanes by cooling the waters where they are generated. Since hurricanes gather strength over tropical waters such as the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, cooling them would weaken the storms before they made landfall. The plan calls for huge ocean-going tubs that would use waves and turbines to push down the hotter surface water while sucking up the cooler water from below. (See an interactive graphic on the worst natural disasters in U.S. history...
...exposed as dangerously flawed. Amid the global recession, electronics exports plunged 28% in the first half of 2009 compared to a year earlier, contributing to a 10.2% contraction of Taiwan's first-quarter GDP, the worst quarterly performance in the island's history. The government forecasts the economy will shrink by 4.25% in 2009. Even before the downturn, Taiwan's tech-dependent, export-dependent model was struggling. Between 2000 and 2007, Taiwan's GDP grew on average 4.1% a year, down sharply from the average annual rate of 6.5% from 1990 to 1999. Read "China's Panda Diplomacy With Taiwan...