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Gold: The Once and Future Money

For most of the last three millennia, the world's commercial centers have used one or another variant of a gold standard. It should be one of the best understood of human institutions, but it's not. It's one of the worst understood, by both its advocates and detractors. Though it has been spurned by governments many times, this has never been due to a fault of gold to serve its duty, but because governments had other plans for their currencies beyond maintaining their stability. And so,...

Mexico seasonally adjusted jobless rate dips in Jan

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Mexico's unemployment rate, adjusted for seasonal swings, fell to 5.23 percent in January from 5.55 percent the previous month, aided by a recovery in Latin America's second largest economy, official data showed.
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Canadians look for high-end travel experience

There has been a significant increase of 500 percent in demand for affordable luxury brands, mainly including El Dorado and Azul Hotels, in the Caribbean and Mexico over the last two years.
Video grab of work continuing on equipment at the site of the BP oil well leak in the Gulf of Mexico

BP workers could have prevented rig accident: report

BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday. In an expanded report on the causes of the BP drilling disaster that killed 11 workers and ravaged the U.S. Gulf coast last summer, the commission released new details about the events that preceded the BP accident.
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IMG to spread Major League Gaming globally

NEW YORK - Major League Gaming, the largest professional competitive video game league, will be expanding to new markets outside North America thanks to a new partnership with IMG, the global sports and entertainment company.
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America Movil sees mobile subs flagging in 2011

Billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil, one of the world's biggest telecommunications firms, sees growth in new mobile subscribers slowing by around a third in 2011 due to the saturation of Latin America's markets.
Fast, Fresh Food is Winning

U.S. fast food caught in immigration crosshairs

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG.N) has a lot going for it -- an upscale burrito concept, a hip and eco-friendly image, expansion plans galore and a 500 percent-plus stock price gain in just over two years.
China to vet inward M&A deals for national security

COLUMN: How the US can create jobs by improving China trade

Now that all the hype and the hoopla of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States are over, the same basic commercial question remains unanswered: How can American companies create more jobs for Americans by selling more American goods and services in China?

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