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Legendary investor Jim Rogers appeared on CNBC Friday, and talked about a number of topics, including what he’s doing with his money right now. The CEO of Rogers Holdings said: Well, I have an enormous amount of cash, and I’ve been using it to buy more Japanese yen, more Swiss francs, more agricultural products, and, there’s a liquidation phase going on… where everything is being liquidated.

With all the turmoil going on in the financial markets these days, how is legendary investor Jim Rogers playing his cards? From India’s NDTV this past weekend: NDTV: Will you buy when there’s blood on the street? Jim Rogers: If the US and other world stock markets did have a selling climate then I would go for it.

AGRICULTURE: SCIENTIST AT WORK | NORMAN T. UPHOFF: Food Revolution That Starts With Rice ANIMAL WELFARE: Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile: A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile ARCTIC

Commodities and their related exchange traded funds (ETFs) are on pace for their worst week in nearly 50 years. Commodities, as measured by the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 raw materials, have lost 9.9% this week - the most since at least 1956, reports Glenys Sim for Bloomberg.

William Hanley of the Financial Post (Canada) caught up with legendary investor Jim Rogers while he was in Canada this week. Despite the U.S. government’s growing interventions in the financial system, the CEO of Rogers Holdings is still skeptical of a positive outcome.

Let me begin this post by saying that I believe in making compassionate, healthful, and ethical choices for my and my family’s meals. I am a vegetarian and have been for over 7 years, aside from occasional flesh meals that I ate while pregnant with my daughter.

A press release from Congressman Walz's office: Today, Congressman Walz is pleased to announce that he has secured $400,000 in federal funding for the City of Owatonna through the Continuing Resolution which passed Congress last week and signed into law yesterday by the President.

The DPRK’s recent efforts to reconstruct the Yongbyon 5MW nuclear reactor seem to have brought implementation of the “second” Agreed Framework to a halt, though it was already behind schedule.  This week the US sent Chris Hill to Pyongyang to try and rescue the process which is hung up on verification

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Jitendra Kumar Gupta from India’s Business Standard caught up with legendary investor Jim Rogers, who was in Mumbai for the launch of the Birla Sun Life Commodity Equities Fund. From the Standard’s website yesterday: At the conference and in an interview with Jitendra Kumar Gupta, he shared his outlook on commodities and the world economy.