On Tuesday the U.S. central bank annouced that it would buy U.S. commercial paper through a special funding facility designed to provide liquidity to term-funding markets and backstop U.S. issuers of commercial paper, TradeTheNews.com reported.
Gaffney pointed out that the PRC's play for Unocal's energy and rare earth mineral assets is hardly a normal commercial transaction, but rather part of Beijing's long-term plan to dominate strategic energy resources, materials, minerals and technologies in order to provide a civilian economy that will serve China's military needs.