Much of what was reported in the programme concerning the trade in smuggling wild animals was grossly exaggerated, as were the prices suggested.

BBC: Animal Underworld

The managers must make hundreds of active decisions each day concerning when to trade, what to trade, what to do with new cash, how to raise cash when needed, whether to use futures, swaps or other derivatives, etc.

FORBES: Passive Investing Doesn't Exist, But So What?

In order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to agricultural trade with Israel, on July 27, 2004, the United States entered into an agreement with Israel concerning certain aspects of trade in agricultural products during the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2008 (the "2004 Agreement").

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The growth of smartphones and apps prompted the Federal Trade Commission to bring two privacy cases concerning them in just the last month.

FORBES: Don't Be Dumb About Smartphone Privacy

This opinion piece was written for NPR by six scientists concerning efforts to lift the international ban on the ivory trade.

NPR: Lifting the Ivory Ban Called Premature

The Center for Security Policy noted today that the United States has officially dropped its major precondition concerning Soviet observer status in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | The Bush Administration��s Response To Repression: US Concessions On Gatt Membership

More uninspiring numbers are due out this week from the trade group Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) concerning second-quarter demand for semiconductor wafers.

FORBES: VC Funding Fuels Chip Rebound Hopes

Just as periods of economic uncertainty almost invariably lead to calls for the very trade barriers that reduce economic opportunity, so do downturns always coincide with overdone worry concerning the ability of new labor force entrants to achieve economically in ways that previous entrants once did.

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