Check frequently asked questions about Commodities
Open Question: If TX announced its intention to secede from the U.S., what would Bush do?
Would he send troops in to prevent it, or just let them go? Don't forget it's his home state. Before you answer, remember that the economy in Texas is very good compared to the relax of the country, and produces commodities like beef and oil. Would Bush start a civil war to keep TX in the union? Also, what do you think Obama would do in the same situation? Blue: that's pretty rude and unneccessary, you could have just answered the question. Anyway, only rednecks believe emails like that...you know, the ones they receive about people being Muslim, anti-american, atheist terrorists.
20 Nov 2008, 9:35 am | click here to view more
Open Question: 'Utopia' revisited...?
In this old classic novel, the main character, Raphael Hythloday, recounts his observations of one of the many lands which he has visited, namely Utopia. The land of Utopia, he felt, had a civilization that was far more advanced and worthy of aspiration than others he had witnessed. For example, the Utopians perceived gold as essentially useless, having more of an ascribed value than a utilitarian one. Because of the low intrinsic value that was accorded to this commodity, the needy people in the society were allowed to wear it as jewellery, and the kids were allowed to play with it like it was a toy. When travellers arrived in the land of Utopia, not understanding the customs of this odd land, they assumed that the people who wore the gold were the richest citizens, and they consequently treated them with a lot of respect and asked them for advice. Essentially, those citizens who were accorded the least voice in society were given a chance to possess the gold. In this way also, the gold was still available for use if it ever was needed for manufacturing or other practical purposes. I was wondering whether, if, following in the example and reasoning of the people of Utopia, only the most stupid citizens of a country were allowed to hold the initials of PhD behind their names, and the people of normal intelligence were allowed to roam free, offering their two cents worth to anyone who would hear to them, the civilization would function better and would become more advanced in every senses of the word. How much would society really have changed?
20 Nov 2008, 1:39 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Elasticity of resource demand?
Assuming Resource=C and Product=Y What effect will each of the following have on the elasticity or the location of the demand for resource C, and which is being used to produce commodity X? Where there is any uncertainty as to the outcome, specify the causes of that uncertainty. a.) An increase in the demand for product X b.) An increase in the price of substitute resource D. c.) An increase in the number of resources substitutable for C in producing X. d.) A technological improvement in the capital equiptment with which resource C is combined. e.) A fall in the price of complimentary resource E
20 Nov 2008, 1:26 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: For what price would be the invoice raised for a commodity delivery, when A has sold to B@800 and B to C @ 900?
C intents to take delivery while A has the physical commodities..B has necessarily squared off his position(sell) with a buy position necessarily. Now if A has to deliver to C, at wat price would the invoice be generated??? Will it be for the price from A to B or for the price from B to C????Help me out guys......
19 Nov 2008, 9:21 am | click here to view more
Open Question: What does a Biotechnologist do? (i need to make a paragraph, that have to do with the topics of my bullets)?
Answer the following question: -First we will bullet some key points -Then construct a tiny paragraph about the Main Question -Must have a Topic Sentence, Supports, and a Conclusion -(Conclusion could be about you acting as a Biotechnologist) -Manipulating genes between 2 entities (plant to plant (animal to plant) -Taking Agriculture needs for new technology (not always mechanics) -Evaluating safety of food, commodities, humans -Growth of Agriculture technology for production quantities -Increase production of world commodities(commodities-raw products) Thank you so much for your help/time on this. I know it might be frustrating, but that is part of the reason why i don't receive this, that and this is confusing stuff for me. So please don't brag in my face that it is really easy, or that i should be doing my possess work. Just help me if you can. Thank you again!
19 Nov 2008, 8:46 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: We are going into a period of deflation. Is gold a good investment now?
How about commodities? Are they a good store of value and wealth during deflation?
19 Nov 2008, 7:48 am | click here to view more
Open Question: Name that political illusion/lie ?
Which one of these statements have been or are made and believed by the masses which are simply spun illusions stuck in the heads of morons which demand to be guide be an elitist aristocracy ----------------------------------- 1) Presidents represent the people - and do not represent wealthy bankers and other unseen power brokers who control his every word and more --- No Presidents along with every other political leaders work for us the people 2) Money is created and controlled by the government and that why it has our nations name on it -- 3) The national debt is a very real thing and a big problem that we every face Somehow money got from some other nation to ours - and just because I don't know how is no reason to say it isn't real - Some how our government ended up in debt - 4) Media reports our opinions to the nation - we hear real citizens talking about their views every the time - Yes the paradox is solved here in the land of the free - Art imitates life and not the other way around 5) Workers who produce things and or provide services are the least needed commodity in our nation --- the more you earn the more important you are and that is a rule from god --------------------- Which one of the over if any are outright deceptions that make it a lot easier to govern the masses Are any of these untrue - or are they every true - or is it every just a pile of rubbish because it didn't arrive from an approved wealthy person owned TV station ?
19 Nov 2008, 5:54 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Should one be investing in commodities nowadays?
I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to invest in certain commodities, like wheat, sugar and things like that. But I'm uncertain. Could you guys gift to me some arguments for or against it? I mean wheat is up because of that global warming scare and the ethanol enthusiasm, but that won't last surely? What would be set to go up?
19 Nov 2008, 4:34 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Custom formalities in Bangkok?
Hi, I am from Singapore .I would like to receive advise regarding custom clearance procedure in Bangkok, shipments is normally in containers and it belongs to "DG" commodity
19 Nov 2008, 4:01 am | click here to view more
Open Question: Does this suggest that women sometimes do consider sex a commodity?
Ladies, did you waste your virginity on somebody who didn't deserve it? Do you wish you would have saved it for the one you married? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aqi7xvsZN5GYvl8AbDeMPgXB7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20081118231708AA9tLlQ Since according to these women (100% who answered) sex was "wasted". Would that suggest that they mean to say that sex could've been used for a greater cause, for a greater benefit? - As if 'sex' is not it's possess benefit for a lady? (note that men rarely say that they 'wasted' their virginity- suggesting they actually like sex for it's possess benefit) _____ Phallus, should I block you for that wasteful answer? If you were me? _____ Phallus, you officially made the statement first, not I. every I did was post reference to another question and ask for an interpretation. - every the groundwork was already laid. .. So, if you came to that conclusion every by yourself> and real women provided the subject matter>> perhaps there is some truth there? _____ Neko- You might not be every that bad afterall.
19 Nov 2008, 2:31 am | click here to view more
Open Question: what is so bad about deflation?
the news today reports that the US economy is facing the largest deflation rate in history, and the first deflation in over 20 years. deflation is the opposite of inflation. instead of prices going up, prices go down. consumer prices including volatile commodities such as food and energy went down 1% in one month. excluding the volatiles, every other consumer prices still declined by 0.1% my question is: why is this so bad? aren't dropping prices a good thing for consumers? isn't it also good for producers because it encourages people to go out and buy more? isn't it also good for investors, because investors hate inflation because it erodes their wealth? so what's so bad about deflation? why does the newspaper say deflation will make the recession even worse?
19 Nov 2008, 1:36 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: What is a good newsletter for commodity investing?
19 Nov 2008, 12:58 am | click here to view more
Open Question: Explain how the amended Commodity Credit Corporation loan program aggravates downward price swings.?
(From an ecomics stand point)
19 Nov 2008, 12:50 am | click here to view more
Open Question: Selective sex abortion. I'm playing the devil's advocate...(it's very long, sorry).?
Here are some arguments for women having the right to pick what nice of child they have, including its gender: In India doctors are being, imprisoned for providing women ultrasound and abortion, unless they are at a high-risk of having a pregnancy with congenital anomalies so the unpopularity of sex selective abortion has been seized upon to argue that aborting feti with congenital abnormalities is a form of discrimination against the disabled, and should also be banned. Some arguments hinge on the alleged hurt done to the unconditional adore of parents for kids when parents make choices about the nice of kids they have but parents who use contraception, sex selection or any fertility regulating technology are, by this argument, devaluing every their kids into commodities. Then there is the desire to ensure that there is a gender balance so that every man and lady in society can find someone of the opposite gender but does the federal or state government had an obligation to make sure we find a sex partner? This argument is based on normative ideas that about sexuality and family that progressives have otherwise tried difficult to critique and discard. Not every man wants or needs a lady, and not every lady needs or wants a man. Then there is the idea of the unattached male as a violent rapist and criminal, a “surplus male,” (or the belief that marriage and family has a stabilizing effect on male risk-taking) But it is quite extraordinary for purported progressives to argue that women should be denied reproductive choice in order to ensure that there are enough girls in the next generation to marry and pacify violent males. In other words, it's the women's jobs.This would also discount personal responsibility and punishment for the criminals. A major source of parental desire for sons is the weakness of social welfare provision for senior citizens, and the far greater likelihood that a son will have income to provide for his parents so expanding educational and employment opportunities for girls, and providing a state pension system, would go a long way to reduce male gender preference than illegalizing sex selective abortions. Another argument against sex selection is that male preference sex selection reduces women’s political influence in society by reducing their number, which is of course true. But it does not follow that their rights are any less likely to be respected if they a minority. Civil rights should not depend on population proportion. If so, then we should advance the rights of the disabled, GLBT, or an ethnic group by working to increase their proportion in the population. That’s bad social science and worse public policy. It is Pro-choice opponents of sex selection doublethink when they use terms like “missing girls” and “foeticide.” But why is it foeticide only when the fetus is a girl? If there is a two-to-one ratio of aborting female feti to aborting male feti in India, leading to tens of millions of “missing girls” doesn’t that mean there are millions of “missing boys” as well? Reproductive rights are weakened every time an opponent of sex selection argues as if aborting a female fetus is equivalent to the murder of a girl person since it is not (pro-choice belief). Patriarchal societies have routinely abused, malnourished and murdered unwanted girls. Child and baby mortality for girls remains far higher than for boys in India and China so doesn't giving mothers a choice about whether to bring a girl or a boy into their family reduces the likelihood that girls will be born into families that look them as unwanted secondclass citizens. This is the flipside of every child being a wanted child; reproductive choice ensures that parents don’t have, and subsequently neglect, unwanted kids ( a commonly used pro-choice argument). Another problem is that the argument agains sex selective abortion dismisses or underestimates the potentially positive impacts on the status of women that the changing gender ratio is having in China and India. Many anecdotal reports suggest that one immediate benefit of the changed gender ratio is that women who would otherwise be considered unmarriageable are now able to find partners(including disabled, older women, higher educated, career-oriented women, widows and women of otherwise undesirable religious, ethnic backrounds). Men will relax their expectations about what nice of bride is acceptable, and women become more socially mobile increasing the options of women. Also, India has seen the relaxation and even reversal of the expected bridal dowry . Now would-be bridegrooms are either dropping expectation of a dowry, or offering a dowry to the bride’s family. This will guide to a decrease of Indian wives who are murdered because of dowry demands and protects wives from murderous in-laws, improves their choices in the marriage market, and reduces the dowry-burden incentives that cause families to prefer s Finally, the case against sex selection takes no account of the advance of fertility technology, which will allow gender selection earlier in the pregnancy and even before conception. Blood tests now enable sex determination as early as six weeks, and sperm-sorting with in-vitro fertilization allows pre-conceptive sex selection. Eventually there will be a pharmaceutical or contraceptive device which will allow parents to pick to only conceive embryos of the desired sex without recourse to abortion or in-vitro fertilization. Will the opponents of sex selection argue that these should also be outlawed? http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hugh... Does our disdain for a patriarchal prejudice warrant contravening women’s reproductive liberty? Is it in fact the obligation of the state to ensure that there is a perfect 50/50 gender balance and does this trump women's reproductive rights? What do you think of the arguments for or against selective sex abortion? The last paragragh before the added details got clip off after the 's'. It should finish as : .... and reduces the dowry-burden incentives that cause families to prefer sons in the first place. I should have made it more clear that I didn't write this. That's why I posted the link ^^^^^.
19 Nov 2008, 12:47 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Why do Aps and Paps complain about the "necessary" Red Tape so much when its needed to prevent atrocities?
Wouldn't it be just easier to pregnant yourself instead of complaining? In my opinion and as well as NGO's that are looking out for the BEST INTEREST of kids...that tape needs to be elongated because kids are being treated like commodities and unnecessary adoptions are occurring. Shouldn't the best interest of the child be the ONLY priority? I agree with u Randy but unfortunately its the necessary RTape that is being complained about by most people complaining.
19 Nov 2008, 12:32 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: what mesaurements do they use in commodities in yahoo finance?
like i know the energy is in barrels the metals are in ounces whats the grains, livestock stock, softs, and indices in? http://finance.yahoo.com/futures?t=energy
19 Nov 2008, 11:25 am | click here to view more
Open Question: oh no is this really happening between china and africa or is it propaganda? im terrified?! :(?
for the record im african american but i care about the continenet and its well being but seeing that other countries continue to exploit the continent for their possess good is just sickening to me can someone explain to me rather this is going on or not and if it is then why isnt no one standing up to protest this and why is the govt letting this happen? hopefully obama will make a difference REAL ANSWERS PLEASE THANKS China's rulers believe Africa can become a 'satellite' state, solving its possess problems of over-population and shortage of natural resources at a stroke. With little fanfare, a staggering 750,000 Chinese have settled in Africa over the past decade. More are on the way. The strategy has been carefully devised by officials in Beijing, where one expert has estimated that China will eventually need to send 300 million people to Africa to solve the problems of over-population and pollution. Across Africa, the red flag of China is flying. Lucrative deals are being struck to buy its commodities - oil, platinum, gold and minerals. New embassies and air routes are opening up. More than a thousand miles of new Chinese railroads are crisscrossing the continent, carrying billions of tons of illegally-logged timber, diamonds and gold. The trains are linked to ports dotted around the coast, waiting to carry Africa's goods/resources back to CHINA after unloading cargoes of cheap toys made in China. Massive dams are being built, flooding the nature reserves. The land is scarred with giant Chinese mines, with 'slave' labourers paid less than $1 a day to extract ore and minerals. Pristine forests are being destroyed with China taking up to 70 per cent of every timber from Africa back to Beijing. Exclusive, gated compounds, serving only Chinese food, and where no BLACKS are allowed, are being built every over the continent. 'African cloths' sold in markets on the continent are now almost always imported, bearing the legend: 'Made in China'. Since a big part of our Trillion $$ debt is to China and they certainly have saturated our market with their cheap imports... Doesn't this frighten anyone at every?? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...
19 Nov 2008, 10:33 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Also ask about Odyssey !!!?
Please tell me something about the economy of tardy Bronze Age and Iron Age Greece as reflected in Homer's Odyssey, issues such as the economic foundations of marriage, the nature and measurement of wealth, the ways of creating wealth, the commodity value of various animals, and the nature and rules of hospitality. Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!! Help!!
18 Nov 2008, 9:51 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: What is the "Presidents Working Group"? What is this secret agency that answers to no one?
Among the revelations of last week’s market panic: We’re still not allowed to know anything about the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, which springs into action during times of crisis. Don’t ask what its members do or how they do it—even if you’re Hillary Clinton. Tuesday morning, in a press conference about the “global economic crisis,” she asked that the president call in these Über–Masters of the Universe, if he hadn’t already. (The PWG doesn’t have a spokesperson, and it doesn’t keep minutes of its meetings.) Only the Journal bothered to print White home spokesman Tony Fratto’s brush-off: “We don’t announce meetings or conference calls of the PWG.” Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Fed chief Ben Bernanke, and the chairmen of the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are its only known members. It dates to an executive order after 1987’s Black Monday—to “consult, as appropriate, with representatives of the various exchanges, clearinghouses, self-regulatory bodies, and with major market participants to determine private-sector solutions wherever possible.” Thus its nickname: the Plunge Protection Team. Of course, the squishy “consult” language has long had conspiracy theorists speculating that it’s just a backroom market-rigging cabal for the Establishment. Or, you could think of it as the Wall road Superfriends, equipped with X-ray vision to look deep into our financial malaise, and magic lassos to jury-rig the markets back together. Either way, the White home would prefer that Clinton close up about it. It “does not require ‘convening’ by the president,” Fratto sniffed, and he added that “everyone should understand that the members stay in regular communication and meet as needed.” Yes, yes—everyone understands.
18 Nov 2008, 9:09 am | click here to view more
Open Question: NEED HELP WITH these few questions?
A plan for spending money. pick one answer. a. Budget b. Bond c. Asset d. Audit The desire for a commodity and the ability to pay for it; the amount consumers are ready and able to buy at the prices in the marketplace. pick one answer. a. Bond b. Tax c. Revenue d. Demand An interest-bearing debt certificate issued by a government or business. pick one answer. a. Tax b. Budget c. Bond d. demand
18 Nov 2008, 7:04 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: need help answering these questions (matching)?
Question 2 Marks: 1 Any item of value owned by a business or an individual. pick one answer. a. Credit b. Asset c. Budget d. Audit Question 3 Marks: 1 A formal study of a taxpayer's accounts, conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to determine whether the taxpayer is paying the appropriate amount of taxes. pick one answer. a. Asset b. Budget c. Credit d. Audit Question 4 Marks: 1 The profit per share paid by a corporation to its stockholders (for every share each stockholder owns). pick one answer. a. Demand b. Revenue c. Bond d. Dividend Question 5 Marks: 1 Rivalry in business for customers or markets, which, in a free market, leads to lower prices and results in better quality goods and services for consumers. pick one answer. a. Capital b. Competition c. Credit d. Inflation Question 6 Marks: 1 Amount of money earned before taxes and other deductions are subtracted pick one answer. a. Bond b. Gross Income c. Economy d. Consumer Question 7 Marks: 1 Payment for using someone else's money; payment you receive for lending someone your money. pick one answer. a. Budget b. Interest c. Asset d. Credit Question 8 Marks: 1 A plan for spending money. pick one answer. a. Budget b. Bond c. Asset d. Audit Question 9 Marks: 1 The desire for a commodity and the ability to pay for it; the amount consumers are ready and able to buy at the prices in the marketplace. pick one answer. a. Bond b. Tax c. Revenue d. Demand Question 10 Marks: 1 An interest-bearing debt certificate issued by a government or business. pick one answer. a. Tax b. Budget c. Bond d. Demand Question 11 Marks: 1 A person that buys goods and services for his/her possess needs, not for resale or to use to produce goods or services for resale. pick one answer. a. Bond b. Asset c. Economy d. Consumer Question 12 Marks: 1 The annual market value of every products and services, including exports, produced by the resources of a country. pick one answer. a. Inflation b. Gross Income c. Gross National Product d. Competition
18 Nov 2008, 6:48 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Can anybody explain me these quotatations please ?
Can you explain me these excerpts from the wealth of nation : 1/ "THOUGH the encouragement of exportation, and the discouragement of importation, are the two great engines by which the mercantile system proposes to enrich every country, yet with regard to some particular commodities, it seems to follow an opposite plan: to discourage exportation and to encourage importation. Its ultimate object, however, it pretends, is always the same, to enrich the country by an advantageous balance of trade. It discourages the exportation of the materials of manufacture, and of the instruments of trade, in order to give our possess workmen an advantage, and to enable them to undersell those of other nations in every foreign markets; and by restraining, in this manner, the exportation of a few commodities, of no great price, it proposes to occasion a much greater and more valuable exportation of others. It encourages the importation of the materials of manufacture, in order that our possess people may be enabled to work them up more cheaply, and thereby prevent a greater and more valuable importation of the manufactured commodities...." 2/ The importation of gold and silver is not the principal much less the sole benefit which a nation derives from its foreign trade. Between whatever places foreign trade is carried on, they every of them derive two distinct benefits from it. It carries out that surplus part of the produce of their land and labor for which there is no demand among them, and brings back in return for it something else for which there is a demand. It gives a value to their superfluities by exchanging them for something else, which may satisfy a part of their wants, and increase their enjoyments. By means of it, the narrowness of the home market does not hinder the division of labor in any particular branch of art or manufacture from being carried to the highest perfection. By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labor may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of the society." 3/"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of every production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident, that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system, the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of every industry and commerce...."
18 Nov 2008, 5:00 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: What is the present cost of fuel? ?
Here in Sydney, unleaded (standard) has dropped from $1.58/lt (P51) to $1.06/lt (P34) AND Diesel from $1.75/lt (P56) TO $1.38/lt (P44). Naturally the price of other commodities that were increased due to the high fuel prices haven't dropped.
18 Nov 2008, 2:49 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Revenue as a function of price?
Hey, this is my question i was assigned... A manufacturer estimates that q(p)=240-2p unites of a particular commodity will be sold when the price is p euros per unit, for 0<=p=<120 i found n(p). with is (-p / (240 - 2p ) ) * -2 what i have to do is define revenue as a function of price... my book has revenue related to elasticity but i don't think that is it... Im kinda lost here can someone help me out?? thanks a lot.
18 Nov 2008, 1:58 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: i want to begin a real discussion on something worthwhile. so i decided the idea of love. ?
i dont believe adore is a feeling. i dont think it is an emotion. i think ove is a commitment. i also think its a rare commodity to find someone worth commiting to that is qwilling to commit back. i have been disagreed with many times. how do you feel?
18 Nov 2008, 1:16 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: How did all of the smartest guys running America happen to screw up at the same time?
The stock market bubble in the nineties was due to flooding the market with 401k money, 5-10% of every working person's salary going straight into stocks instead of receiving company sponsored pensions backed by safe non negotiable bonds. 87 million baby boomers were set to retire starting in 2008, and wouldn't ya know it right before the biggest retirement in American history the money disappeared. Now there are a lot of Politicians, both Dem and Rep, PhD Economist, MBA Financiers, Stock and Commodity Brokers from Stamford, Harvard, Princeton and Bankers with stacks of degrees running our financial system but non of them saw this coming? And every of them just sort of got caught off guard and kinda had a collective Oopsy? Right before 87 million "investors" retired and started using their difficult earned money. OK pixi your a dip pure and simple, yes Clinton was part of it no it isn't just him. Saying Bush is not smart is dismissive and dangerous. He was very smart, he ripped of the state of Texas through every manner of tax set ups and abuse of imminent domain, he has degrees from the best schools in the country and he talked and entire nation into a phony war. Stupid is a great cover for a criminal, but for the people to buy it shows who the real idiots are.
18 Nov 2008, 1:09 am | click here to view more
Open Question: How does this sound for an introduction? It's for a marketing module?
Introduction Until twenty years ago, organic farming was a scarce commodity only a few were lucky to benefit from but today we live in an increasingly health-conscious society, where organic produce is becoming more than just commonplace, it is becoming the norm. Demand for organics has reached such a critically high level that our farmers alone cannot satisfy it and imports account for thirty per cent of the market.[] This group report focuses specifically on the organic vegetable market and takes Sainsbury’s “SO Organic” product range as the basis of our assignment. We have chosen this range in particular because Sainsbury’s is a local public limited company which showed a great interest in the organic market in launching the first ever supermarket organic box scheme.[2] The Aim We aim to discuss the segmentation approach in relation to the “SO Organic” range, with reference to the main segmentation bases. We wish to identify and critically evaluate a viable target market for the range and also discuss possible positioning strategies. To critically evaluate the effectiveness of the marketing strategy and suggest possible future recommendations for the product range.
18 Nov 2008, 12:57 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: cost system best suited to industries that manufacture a large number of identical units of commodities on a c?
25. The cost system best suited to industries that manufacture a big number of identical units of commodities on a continuous basis is: a. process b. departmental c. first-in, first-out d. job order
18 Nov 2008, 11:25 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Let GM and Ford go under. When my new truck had problems, they thought it was funny. What do you think?
GM and Ford have been putting out nothing but trash for the last 35 years. Let them fold. The union and management has ruined what was at one time a viable commodity. Why toss money down a rat hole?
18 Nov 2008, 11:21 am | click here to view more
Open Question: muliple CHOICE ECON! HELP?
in which of the following industries or sectors of the economy is output least likely to b affected by the business cycle? a) housing construction b) automobile production c) agricultural commodities d) capital goods production
18 Nov 2008, 10:00 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: From the viewpoint of producers, workers are both a resource, and which of the following?
A.Commodity B.Obstacle C.Output D.Product
17 Nov 2008, 9:07 am | click here to view more
Open Question: Is there any commodity in the world which is priced higher for a used one rather than a new one? Dont say wine?
Is there any commodity in the world which is priced higher for a used one rather than a new one? Don't say wine as it is not used ones which are priced higher. Only old ones are priced higher.
17 Nov 2008, 6:30 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: 7 commoditeis wisconsin ranks firist in?
I need 7 commodities wisconsin ranks first in 5 wisconsin ranks second in 4 wisconsin ranks third in 4 wisconsin ranks fifth in any other commodities wisconsin ranks high in
17 Nov 2008, 3:31 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Can I trade commodities on Etrade or Scottrade? What are good commodity trading websites out there?
17 Nov 2008, 12:44 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: In which of the following industries or sectors of the economy is output likely to be most strongly affected~~?
In which of the following industries or sectors of the economy is output likely to be most strongly affected by the business cycle? a. military goods b. capital goods c. textile products d. agricultural commodities.
17 Nov 2008, 12:32 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: What are commodity stocks?
commodity stock
17 Nov 2008, 11:56 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Interview with a photojournalist.?
Hi, I have to do an interview with a newspaper journalist (photojournalist) and in a written report of 2000 words find the journalists view on the following: 1. How truthful are they when writing an article ? 2. How they think photojournalism was affected by the commodity culture i.e. radio, televisions, newspapers and magazines. 3. To what extent will they go to receive a front-page story ? 4. Are they in it for the passion or sensation and why ? 5. What is more important, image or text and why ? If theres a journalist who could add some more questions and a answer to that question, please help me out.
17 Nov 2008, 11:44 am | click here to view more
Open Question: Afghanis have recently expressed interest in food crop growth. Can President Karzai and Taliban leaders agree?
to a program to feed the people? The Taliban has further expressed that with the rise in commodity prices that they look the benefit of being in legal agricultural markets. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081116/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_karzai;_ylt=AgjspMay80NnPfUW5XZ2O4JvaA8F
16 Nov 2008, 7:40 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: What is a joint commodity?
e.g. "media products are joint commodities"
16 Nov 2008, 5:17 pm | click here to view more
Open Question: Best site for trading commodities?
I'm looking into trading commodities online (not stocks), what is the best site out there for this?
16 Nov 2008, 4:53 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: is it cheaper to heat my house with gas or electricity?
i have to heat the entire home I live in vancouver, canada and it is icy in at night... in a few months, it will be a icy every day long prices: electricity: $0.0655*4% extra (clean energy fund) + $0.0624 tax/day gas : i dont even understand the bill this is what is says delivery charges:basic charge (delivery (4.2GJ at 2.728 per GJ) Commodity charges :midstream(4.2 at 1.326 per GJ) cost of gas(1.1GJ at 7.536 per GJ) cost of gas (3.1 GJ at 7.536 per GJ tax: carbon tax (4.2 GJ at $0.4966) clean energy levy (.4% of " amounts) GST (tax) (5% of amounts) ok so... it says i used 4.2 giga joules (GJ) and i had to pay $67.85 so... heat my home with electricity or gas?
16 Nov 2008, 3:24 am | click here to view more
Voting Question: what hapens when a country subsidizes although international commodity prices are rising?
as in why would subsidising in such a situation be a harmful decision for the country's economy?
14 Nov 2008, 7:48 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Could somebody please help me finish my pops' resume?
He's is a truck driver & I really need some help putting together this final one big paragraph (don't ask) with every these facts included: >5 years owner operator >Averaged 155 miles per year, estimated 1.5 million total miles >Filed and tracked every log sheets and time sheets in compliance with DOT regulations So far this is what I have written: Contributed to the success of national distribution companies while delivering freight nationwide. Carried loads including general commodities, roll stock, etc. Excellent driver gained valuable experience on traveling nationwide....
14 Nov 2008, 7:43 pm | click here to view more
Voting Question: which is cheaper: heating a home with gas or with electricity?
i have to heat the entire home I live in vancouver, canada and it is icy in at night... in a few months, it will be a icy every day long prices: electricity: $0.0655*4% extra (clean energy fund) + $0.0624 tax/day gas : i dont even understand the bill this is what is says delivery charges:basic charge (delivery (4.2GJ at 2.728 per GJ) Commodity charges :midstream(4.2 at 1.326 per GJ) cost of gas(1.1GJ at 7.536 per GJ) cost of gas (3.1 GJ at 7.536 per GJ tax: carbon tax (4.2 GJ at $0.4966) clean energy levy (.4% of " amounts) GST (tax) (5% of amounts) ok so... it says i used 4.2 giga joules (GJ) and i had to pay $67.85 so... heat my home with electricity or gas? thewmas that didnt help................
14 Nov 2008, 7:40 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: In what form is oil tradeable in the commodity market?
Futures what else? ...
14 Nov 2008, 1:00 am | click here to view more
Voting Question: what is a commodity? i've often heard the phrase "hot commodity"..?
14 Nov 2008, 11:36 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: How many electronic high-fives have you given?
For those who don't know, an electronic high-five (eHighFive) is a high-five you give to a pal over the internet. It works the same way as a regular, everyday high-five, but it's hip and down with our youth culture. I've given out 5; I consider them a precious commodity.
13 Nov 2008, 5:35 pm | click here to view more
Voting Question: Do you think the government should provide commodities to its citizens?
Like in some governments in Europe heavily subsidizing higher education, housing, and health care By the way, please do my survey it's for my Social Research class it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to do. http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=48ykl58tz3jv1g2510271 Thank You
13 Nov 2008, 4:31 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: "The fundamentals of the economy are sound" ---Is there anyone who believes economic collapse is not coming ?
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF SELECTED U.S. INDUSTRIES IndustryPercentage Foreign Owned Sound recording industries97% Commodity contracts dealing and brokerage79% Motion picture and sound recording industries75% Metal ore mining65% Motion picture and video industries64% For the complete list go here http://www.economyincrisis.org/content/ownership ------------ Trillions in debt - the nation is owned by non Americans who have more or less had it with America The car sector is in a state of crises The French President along with OPEC are talking openly about dumping the US dollar which would put trillions on the market and accident the worth of the US dollar http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=75299§ionid=3510213 China is going to cease every trade in the dollar resulting in a return of 58 billion US dollars returned to the market and have said it is only the beginning of dumping it --------------- Look again at the list of foreign ownership of the US --- If they tug out - what will be left of the US ? Will the collapse of the US economy make the collapse of the Roman Empire look like a picnic ? And what can we the little people do to protect ourselves as best as possible ?
13 Nov 2008, 11:28 pm | click here to view more
Voting Question: To some, why is magnetic power more valuable than any other commodity on Earth?
To my knowledge, there is a clandestine group of entities harnessing this energy that they consider invaluable. Why is magnetic energy of such importance?
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