EU3 brush off Russian pressure, sets up Iran for UNSC

It looks like Iran is headed for referral to the United Nations Security Council. After rumours that the Russians and Chinese were throwing up big walls to the EU3 referring Iran directly to the UNSC for their behaviour around nuclear issues, a document has now been submitted to the IAEA board that directly indicates Irans …

The Rise of China and redirecting Softwood Lumber

China has been all over the economic news lately. They're eating up "other peoples" (I use that term loosely) oil reserves and buying up refineries and pipelines. (though the UNoCAL bid fell through. They're beneficiaries of the "outsourcing" scourge of the US and in turn selling their goods back at rock-bottom prices. It is clear …