Tuesday, June 27, 2006
webvastu
Saturday, June 10, 2006
soaring Canadian dollar?
What's behind the soaring Canadian dollar?
The Canadian dollar is constantly being measured against its U.S. counterpart because Canada and the U.S. are neighbours and form the world's largest trading partnership.
The loonie's been flying in large part because the U.S. economy has been struggling to get off the ground. Washington is facing budget and trade deficits that have never been higher. In 2005, the U.S. bought $723.6 billion more in foreign goods and services than it sold, registering yet another record annual trade deficit.
To pay for those imports – including huge amounts of oil, gas, cars and car parts, lumber and numerous other products from Canada – U.S. consumers in effect have to buy them with foreign currencies. To do that, they have to sell U.S. dollars in international money markets. As in any market, the unending supply has pushed the price of the greenback down, as measured in other currencies.
For several years, American sales of U.S. dollars didn't have much effect on the price of the Canadian dollar, but that started to change in 2003. The greenback fell 22 per cent against the loonie during the year – and fell almost exactly the same amount against the euro.
The Canadian dollar is constantly being measured against its U.S. counterpart because Canada and the U.S. are neighbours and form the world's largest trading partnership.
The loonie's been flying in large part because the U.S. economy has been struggling to get off the ground. Washington is facing budget and trade deficits that have never been higher. In 2005, the U.S. bought $723.6 billion more in foreign goods and services than it sold, registering yet another record annual trade deficit.
To pay for those imports – including huge amounts of oil, gas, cars and car parts, lumber and numerous other products from Canada – U.S. consumers in effect have to buy them with foreign currencies. To do that, they have to sell U.S. dollars in international money markets. As in any market, the unending supply has pushed the price of the greenback down, as measured in other currencies.
For several years, American sales of U.S. dollars didn't have much effect on the price of the Canadian dollar, but that started to change in 2003. The greenback fell 22 per cent against the loonie during the year – and fell almost exactly the same amount against the euro.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is a fear found in the Western Christian world, which originates in the belief that the Biblical verse, Revelation 13:18, indicates that the number 666 is linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ. Outside the Christian faith, the phobia has been further popularized as a leitmotif in various horror films.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
HIV & AIDS
HIV & AIDS - VirusMyth AIDS HomePage
Watched Age of Aids programme in PBS. Very touching documentary.
Started to Wiki it, found an interesting documentary against AIDS, they claim HIV does not cause AIDS thru scientific studies.
Wondering myself about how it had influenced the way of my thinking .. my mindset within a matter of hours. still researching deeply.
Watched Age of Aids programme in PBS. Very touching documentary.
Started to Wiki it, found an interesting documentary against AIDS, they claim HIV does not cause AIDS thru scientific studies.
Wondering myself about how it had influenced the way of my thinking .. my mindset within a matter of hours. still researching deeply.
