Federal Reserve Admits Hiding Gold Swap Arrangements, GATA Says - Yahoo! Finance

Federal Reserve Admits Hiding Gold Swap Arrangements, GATA Says - Yahoo! Finance

Iran replaces Dollar with Euro in FX

Iran replaces Dollar with Euro in FX: "Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the replacement of the US dollar by the euro in the country's foreign exchange accounts."

Teenager invents �23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world's energy needs..made from human hair | Mail Online

Teenager invents �23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world's energy needs..made from human hair | Mail Online: "A new type of solar panel using human hair could provide the world with cheap, green electricity, believes its teenage inventor.

Milan Karki, 18, who comes from a village in rural Nepal, believes he has found the solution to the developing world's energy needs.

The young inventor says hair is easy to use as a conductor in solar panels and could revolutionise renewable energy."

The Raw Story | China's top 500 firms outperform US rivals in 2008

The Raw Story | China's top 500 firms outperform US rivals in 2008: "China's top 500 companies outperformed their US counterparts for the first time last year, a survey conducted by a business group has revealed, as the financial crisis wreaked havoc in the United States."

Hong Kong recalls gold reserves from London - MarketWatch

Hong Kong recalls gold reserves from London - MarketWatch: "HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong is pulling all its physical gold holdings from depositories in London, transferring them to a high-security depository newly built at the city's airport, in a move that won praise from local traders Thursday."

Five more banks fail in first week of September - Sep. 4, 2009

Five more banks fail in first week of September - Sep. 4, 2009: "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Five small regional banks were closed by regulators on Friday evening, pushing 2009's tally so far to 89 institutions."

World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports - Telegraph

World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports - Telegraph: "A draft report by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global needs.

China mines over 95pc of the world’s rare earth minerals, mostly in Inner Mongolia. The move to hoard reserves is the clearest sign to date that the global struggle for diminishing resources is shifting into a new phase. Countries may find it hard to obtain key materials at any price."