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DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52773) has announced the addition of Investment University's Profit from Uranium to their offering. Proven ways to profit from the most critical energy shortage in history At a time when commodities have taken a hefty hit - crude oil has dropped 28.8% from its high on May 2, gold is down more than 25%, and natural gas has corrected 49.5% - one commodity is moving higher by the day. The fact is, this wonder metal - uranium - is not only moving up, its continued to set record highs throughout 2006, even during the most severe market corrections. Its up more than 50% this year and a staggering 435% since 2003, and as the Investment U research team knows, chronic supply shortages and unprecedented demand mean this boom is far from over.
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The Bush administration announced new trade cases against China on Monday over copyright piracy and restrictions on the sale of American movies, music and books. Standing near a table of pirated movie DVDs, music CDs and books, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said American companies were losing billions of dollars annually from piracy levels in China that "remain unacceptably high." She said the United States would file the two cases Tuesday with the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based organization that oversees trade disputes. One case will contend that Beijing's lax enforcement of copyright and trademark protections violates WTO rules, and the other will argue that Beijing has erected WTO-illegal barriers to the sale of U.S.-produced movies, music and books in China.
AFX Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks up, oil reaches new high
STOCKS: Wall Street ended higher after volatile trading Thursday, as mounting tensions in Iran were offset by a report that indicated better-than-expected US economic growth.
Crude prices surged to a six-month high as the market remained nervous about the West's response to British sailors seized by the Iranian navy, while the Commerce Department's final measure of fourth-quarter gross domestic product showed growth of 2.5 pct. While this figure could lessen fears about an economic slowdown, it could make it harder for the inflation-wary Federal Reserve to cut short-term interest rates.
Investors also bought and sold stocks to window dress their portfolio before Saturday's end of the first quarter.
Earlier in the day, the Labor Department released a report that showed the number of newly laid-off workers signing up for unemployment benefits last week declined.
Casa, sweet casa
Owning a second home abroad is no longer the preserve of the wealthy elite. Research recently commissioned by NatWest International from YouGov, among 2,606 UK adults, found that almost a third (31%) of UK adults have considered buying an overseas property. The findings are further substantiated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures which state that between 1999 and 2004 the number of UK households owning an overseas home increased by a staggering 45%, bringing the total number to 257,000. In the years since that data was collected, it is hardly surprising that the number of overseas buyers continues to grow. Plus, the research highlighted that buying a property abroad is a realistic option for many people. Three-quarters of overseas home-owners purchased overseas properties for under £300,000, and half of them spent £100,000 or less on their property.
‘Try before you buy’ - Open Mind’s ‘too good to be true’ offer
(PRLEAP.COM) The UKs professional corporate trainers are being given the chance to try before they buy on a range of some 4,000 separate training materials from 130 producers, indexed against 160 topics. These materials are available via the Online Store on Open Minds recently re-launched website - www.openmind-learning.co.uk We understand how important it is for trainers to select the right resources, so we offer them three ways of previewing and evaluating products before they buy, explained Alun Harvey, managing director of Open Mind, the UKs largest distributor of learning resources. First, many DVD and e-learning titles can now be previewed online. Second, clients are welcome to visit our free Preview Centre at our offices in Henley-on-Thames, where we have over 2,000 titles available for evaluation.
Opinion: Feng shui IT
Reconfiguration of the backup environment, including introducing a disk cache ahead of the tape devices, is often the remedy. Jim Damoulakis is chief technology officer of GlassHouse Technologies Inc., a leading provider of independent storage services. He can be reached at jimd@glasshouse.com. .
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