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This comes from Bloomberg. Unfortunately it is pretty scary stuff: The World Health Organization said the first pandemic since 1968 is imminent after an outbreak of swine flu spread to eight nations and 11 U.S. states. The WHO’s…

From the FT: The US reported the first death outside Mexico from the swine flu virus on Wednesday as governments around the world stepped up preparations for a possible pandemic. As Germany became the eighth country to report cases of…

The following is the currency outlook released today by the Brown Brothers Harriman Currency Strategy team: Swine flu and concerns about US banks may be hitting the headlines but, the European banking sector remains a threat for the euro…

I showed you a video from CNBC in a previous post detailing how Swine Flu spreads in humans. Here is a second look at what Swine Flu is all about in three videos from the Wall Street Journal. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says…

After a good run-up in the last month, the Mexican Peso is getting crushed in the currency markets today.  How much of the pullback is a result of the news regarding Swine Flu and how much is technical, due to the prior run up, is hard to…

Hurricane Ike is going to be a difficult storm. It is a massive storm with tropical storm force winds covering the entire Gulf of Mexico. Disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico, in refining capacity and in gasoline distribution, as well as…