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Bachmann bucks up dollar, but a new coin of realm isn’t in realm of possibility

By Chris Steller | 03.26.09 | 3:13 pm

bachmann-chin-on-hand3Rep. Michele Bachmann has introduced a resolution to prevent President Obama from doing what he and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner say they have no intention of doing: replacing the dollar as the legal tender of the United States.

Oil reaches another record high

By Dan Haugen | 03.17.08 | 9:26 am

Neither supply nor demand is the main driver of recent oil price spikes. It’s the weakening dollar, which, as it loses value causes us to pay more for anything we buy from other countries — including oil. The…