The Canadian Loonie at Parity for First Time Since July 2008

Canada's Dollar at Parity for First Time Since July 2008

April 6 (Bloomberg) -- Canadas dollar traded equal to the U.S. currency for the first time since July 2008 on the back of the rising price of crude oil and the prospect of higher interest rates. Canadas dollar, dubbed the loonie for the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, last traded at par with the greenback on July 22, 2008. Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Oil, Platinum Prices Rising says Castlestone s Murray

April 6 (Bloomberg) -- Angus Murray, chief executive officer of Castlestone Management Ltd., talks about the outlook for commodity prices and demand. Murray speaks with Bloomberg's Maryam Nemazee in London.

Chalmers Johnson :The BLOWBACK SYNDROME - Oil Wars and Overreach

Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback, Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic , talks about the U.S. 'military-petroleum complex,' the over-extension of the American military, nuclear proliferation, and the decline of Washington's credibility abroad.

Chalmers Johnson is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, a non-profit research and public affairs organization devoted to public education concerning Japan and international relations in the Pacific.