The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity-shipping rates, rose yesterday for the first time since Nov. 18 on speculation that a U.S. economic stimulus plan may revive demand for shipments of iron ore, a key steelmaking ingredient. Shipping rates have tumbled 94 percent from a May 5 record as Chinese steelmakers curb production.
The white man seeks to conquer nature, to bend it to his will and to use it wastefully until it is all gone and then he simply moves on, leaving the waste behind him and looking for new places to take. Chiksika (Kispokotha Shawnee),March 19,1779
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