More at therealnews/t/in...With markets in free fall, economist Peter Schiff opposes stimulus and printing money to fund it

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China is estimated to have currency reserves of two trillion dollars, but the bulk of it is tied up in US markets.Caught in a "dollar trap", it has little choice but to buy more and more US government bonds to keep up the value of the dollar and hope a US recovery takes place - and quickly.Al Jazeera's Owen Fay reports.

As Craig gets closer to becoming an (honorary) US citizen, his thoughts turn to politics.

BusinessMoney Minute: Volkswagen, YouTube, MoreMoney Minute: Volkswagen, YouTube, MoreThe Associated PressVolkswagen has picked Chattanooga, Tenn. for its new U.S. auto plant. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports on that and the rest of Tuesday's top business headlines. (July 15)AP Money Minute: YouTube may have to disclose which videos are watched on its site, but it wont have to disclose who was watching them. Viacom and other copyright holders are accusing YouTube of enabling copyright infringement. The plaintiffs are seeking at least $1 billion in damages. But in a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom won't be told the identities of individuals who watched clips on on the site.----------------------------------- -Chattagnugen!! Volkswagen has picked Chattanooga, Tenn. for its new U.S. auto plant.The German auto maker has approved more than $990 million to build the facility, with a projected capacity of 150,000 cars a year. It plans to employ 2,000 workers when it starts production in 2011.------------------------------- Two telemarketing companies that sell Dish Network's satellite TV services have agreed to pay $95,000 in fines for ignoring the federal do-not-call list. The FTC said Planet Earth Satellite and its president have been charged with calling consumers whose phone numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry.Star Satellite was fined for failing to implement a two-second rule which requires calls to be connected to a live operator within that time frame.I'm Mark Hamrick with AP Money Minute(****END****)

At least $250mn has been spent on the US elections for both the Democrat and Republican parties.Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan in Denver explains why watchdog groups in the US argue that too much money is corrupting the way a president is chosen.

In the final episode of a four-part special on El Salvador, Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo talks to poor Salvadoreans who rely on the money sent from family members working in the US.

Made BEFORE the current crisis, more scary now. Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson discuss their book, "Where Does the Money Go?" and the mounting debt and deficit of America. They offer an estimate of the time until the failure of Medicare and Social Security, and general suggestions to address this problem.See I.O.U.S.A. the movie, visit the YouTube sitecom/watch?v=K0E-fw...See also Health care reform, a look at successful systems of Taiwan and Switzerland, probably acceptable to U.S., and similar to some existing U.S. models.com/watch?v=xxIOSc...Farm Subsidies: Welfare To The Wealthy, Costs You Billionscom/watch?v=Xc8rfQ...WELFARE for the Wealthy, as U.S. Poverty, Hunger Increasecom/watch?v=yGVFOr...Fall of Rome vs Failure of American Politics and Economycom/watch?v=lXGGm4...PBS Bill Moyers' personal take on Karl Rovecom/watch?v=hvdUZA...Iraq Cost Accounting, Bill Moyerscom/watch?v=fG9kYs...Earmarks, Washington Contributions, Corruption, Moyers pt1com/watch?v=ahhHlS...John McCain on earmarkscom/watch?v=vwjOcW...com/watch?v=EfCdGH...Free Lunch, Corp Welfare, Bill Moyers and David Cay Johnstoncom/watch?v=LUNHwZ...John C. Bogel and Moyers, Capitalism and Democracy Pt 1com/watch?v=0jNpQO...60 Minutes segment, third world charities providing healthcare for American working poor com/sections/i_vid...Visit the PBS archives to see the complete show and more of Bill Moyers.org/moyers

An administration official says President Barack Obama has directed his administration to allow unlimited travel and money transfers by Cuban Americans to family in Cuba. (April 13))