Top Picks ~ Week of May 7, 2007

Doug Casey: GATA is Right
By Doug Casey – Casey Research (May 2007)

The Last Confessions of E. Howard Hunt
By Erik Hedegaard – Rolling Stone

Carlyle Group to Acquire philosophy, Inc.
Press Release (Jan 31, 2007)

New Hampshire Town Bans Corporate Water Withdrawals
Susquehanna – The newsletter of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (Jun 1, 2006)

UBS Investment Bank Launches – UBS Global Warming Index
UBS Media Release (Apr 24, 2007)

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder – Where is it Heading?
Celsias.com (Mar 15, 2007)

The Evolution of Targeted Currencies and an Introduction to OS-Earth
Targeted Currencies Network

Social Lending Gains Net Interest
By Katie Ledger – BBC Click (May 4, 2007)

The Spirituality of Collapse
By Carolyn Baker – Speaking Truth to Power (May 5, 2007)

You Can’t Stop a Tidal Wave with a Fork
By David Silverman – salon.com (May 9, 2007)

Gold’s Infallible Indicator is Screaming ‘Buy!’
By James Turk – kitco.com (May 7, 2007)

UBS to Shut Hedge Fund Unit After Mortgage Market Losses
FinancialNews online.us (May 4, 2007)

Dick Cheney’s Banker Sees World Bubble
By William Pesek – Bloomberg.com (May 3, 2007)

Loan Derivatives Poised for Explosive Growth
By Paul J. Davies – Financial Times, London (May 3, 2007)

Asia Will Start its Own Currency Pool so it Can Dump IMF
By Shamim Adam – Bloomberg News (May 3, 2007)