INFOGRAPHIC: How much land does it take to feed the UK?
A lot it would appear, vindicating Jim Rogers and ICBC's preference for agricultural shares
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End of Child Labour in Colombia
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A no-brainer? Davis takes Carroll’s job at Anglo
"I have not yet decided what my future plans will be but certainly retirement will not be part of them."
Denver gold company jumps after raising $70m at steep premium
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New tax plan could hit Australia’s top miners hard
Any overhaul of the tax could spark a fresh war with miners still smarting from their battle against 2010's resource super profits tax.
Chinese gang caught selling fake gold jewellery to Shanghai pawn shops
Members of a Chinese band that sold silver jewellery covered in a thin layer of gold in Shanghai, causing eight local pawn shops lose about $4.2 billion, were charged Wednesday with contract fraud.
Nearly eighty percent of the currency issued in the US is $100 bills
Demand is good for the US which earns seigniorage
