China’s President Hu Jintao just concluded on a victorious trip Havana on Tuesday - expanding a trade pact that could divert commodities from open spot markets.

It’s no secret that China has largely been responsible for the commodity run-up of the past few years. Now the question remains if the latest deal with Cuba could give China a new lost-cost provider of commodities. If so, it could be a bit of bad news for investors looking for a China-driven commodities run-up.

On Tuesday, Chinese president arrived in Cuba as part of a Latin American tour to strengthen ties with the resource-rich region. And his timing was impeccable.

Just weeks after Cuba’s farm sector and overall economy were rocked by three hurricanes which inflicted more than $10 billion, China parachuted in with almost a dozen trade agreements, according to Cuba’s state-run news agency.

In exchange for wider access to Cuba’s natural resources, China will rehabilitate

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Stratos Renewables Corporation is an emerging South American developmental-stage company with plans to become one of the lowest cost sugarcane-based ethanol operations in the world. The young company has vastly been gaining recognition and is well-positioned to become a leader in the sugarcane ethanol industry based on multiple factors including Peru’s superior climate, strong export location to the United States and its free trade agreement with the US and Canada.

The current market demand is driving the need for more efficient, cleaner and less costly renewable fuel sources. What makes sugarcane so appealing is that it produces up to seven times more energy per land mass than what corn does. Sugarcane-based ethanol is also the only biofuel that creates no net carbon dioxide emissions.

Interest in biofuels has increased due to environmental, geo-political and economic factors, including initiatives by countries to develop

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China Organic Agriculture Inc. (OTCBB: CNOA) is an aggressive agricultural products trader in China – the company has designed its business plan to allow it to capitalize on China’s growing economy and consumer sector. The company today announced its operating results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008, posting triple-digit growth in net sales and net income.

China Organic attributes the increases to expansion of distribution operations and its decision to purchase rice from other rice producers and then selling it to retailers and wholesalers. Net sales for the third-quarter of 2008 were $47.2 million, up 111 percent from the $22.4 million posted for the third quarter of last year. For the nine-month period, net sales were $58.4 million, up 103 percent as compared to $28.8 million for the same nine months of 2007.

The company reported net income of $8.3 million for the third

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China Organic Agriculture Inc. (OTCBB: CNOA) trades agricultural products in China and has established a business plan that will enable it to capitalize on China’s growing consumer class. The company today announced the $10.6 million acquisition of 60% of Dalian Huiming Industry Ltd., a major agricultural trading company with a wide distribution, which will allow China Organic to boost its distribution capabilities.

“The completion of this acquisition marks an important milestone in the history of China Organic Agriculture,” Jinsong Li, China Organic’s CEO stated in the press release. “We’re now able to focus on the successful integration of Dalian Huiming into CNOA’s operations, allowing us to expand distribution channels and diversify our product offerings.”

As one of the top-tier agricultural trading companies in the Northeast provinces of China, Dalian Huiming focuses on China’s major agricultural products, including soybeans, corn and cereal crops. The company’s success helped it achieve revenue of

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China Organic Agriculture Inc. (OTCBB: CNOA) trades agricultural products in China and has established a business plan that will enable it to capitalize on China’s growing consumer class. The company today announced the $10.6 million acquisition of 60% of Dalian Huiming Industry Ltd., a major agricultural trading company with a wide distribution, which will allow China Organic to boost its distribution capabilities.

“The completion of this acquisition marks an important milestone in the history of China Organic Agriculture,” Jinsong Li, China Organic’s CEO stated in the press release. “We’re now able to focus on the successful integration of Dalian Huiming into CNOA’s operations, allowing us to expand distribution channels and diversify our product offerings.”

As one of the top-tier agricultural trading companies in the Northeast provinces of China, Dalian Huiming focuses on China’s major agricultural products, including soybeans, corn and cereal crops. The company’s success helped it achieve revenue of

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CleanTech BioFuels, Inc. is focused on developing ground-breaking technologies to convert cellulosic material found in municipal solid waste (MSW) into ethanol. Out of the 250+ million tons of garbage disposed of each year in America, only 32% is recovered, 14% is burned at combustion facilities and the remaining 54% is tossed in landfills. However, using CleanTech’s technology, this unusable waste is a source of energy rather than a problem.

The company holds exclusive licenses to a collection of technologies that offer substantial advantages in converting MSW into viable energy. CleanTech is also developing an exclusive license to produce ethanol from municipal garbage by utilizing a dilute acid hydrolysis process that transforms cellulosic feedstock into fermentable sugars. Together, these technologies will allow CleanTech to produce cellulosic ethanol from municipal garbage at low costs.

Because the company has such a unique method of solving disposal issues while also addressing our dependence on foreign oils,

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by Edward Hugh: Barcelona"The Kazakh government is ready to step in,'' Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov said this morning in a telephone interview with Bloomberg "The Kazakh banking system with the support of the government and central bank will fulfill all obligations to international investors.....We have our own specific plan to survive without any external support....I don't think we need support from the International Monetary Fund or overseas.'' Well that is good news, so at least we know that one of the CIS and CEE economies won't be looking to the IMF for bail-out support in this crisis which is presently growing by the day. So Kazakstan, that country which is reputedly host to reserves of approximately 95% of the elements in the periodic table, with a population of around 15 million housed on a surface area greater than the whole of Western Europe, is going to be able to look after itself. But hang on a minute, just where is Kazakhstan, and just what have they been getting up to over there, and why the hell should I take Karim Masimov's word for it, when just about all the other Iceland Look-alike show contestants seem to be saying the same? After all, didn't those extermely bright and able young people over at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto say in a report only last week that, along with Latvia, the country's $100 billion oil-led economy is among the most vulnerable to the present global credit crisis and the skid-row economic trajectories that go with it simply because of its excessive reliance on short-term foreign borrowing. And isn't it the case that the cost of protecting Kazakhstan government debt against default has more than doubled this month - to over 1,000 basis points (or 10%), the level for borrowers that investors term ``distressed,'' according to CMA Datavision credit-default swap prices. Only Ukraine, which as we know is already seeking IMF support, is classified as being a bigger risk among European emerging-market governments. Surely all those highly dedicated, bright, and extremely able young people who are doing all that trading know what they are about, don't they?

Wisconsin is a popular tourist destination. The most visited places within the state are: The Wisconsin Dells, House on The Rock, and the Circus World Museum. Some interesting facts about Wisconsin follow:1. Wisconsin’s largest forest product is papermaking, and it employs more than 100,000 people.2. Gravel and construction sand represent 80% of Wisconsin’s nonfuel mineral production.3. Wisconsin’s top agricultural products are dairy beef and calves, and corn4. Workers in the papermaking industry of Wisconsin are the highest paid within the manufacturing industry.5. Wisconsin tourism industry employs 177,000 workers and generated about $6 billion in revenue.6. Wisconsin’s major exporter industries are the computer, machinery, and the transportation. 7. Wisconsin’s main exports go to Canada, Japan, and Mexico. 8. One of the largest ore bodies of zinc copper is located in Wisconsin.9. Wisconsin offers property tax exemptions ...

Wisconsin is a popular tourist destination. The most visited places within the state are: The Wisconsin Dells, House on The Rock, and the Circus World Museum. Some interesting facts about Wisconsin follow:1. Wisconsin’s largest forest product is papermaking, and it employs more than 100,000 people.2. Gravel and construction sand represent 80% of Wisconsin’s nonfuel mineral production.3. Wisconsin’s top agricultural products are dairy beef and calves, and corn4. Workers in the papermaking industry of Wisconsin are the highest paid within the manufacturing industry.5. Wisconsin tourism industry employs 177,000 workers and generated about $6 billion in revenue.6. Wisconsin’s major exporter industries are the computer, machinery, and the transportation. 7. Wisconsin’s main exports go to Canada, Japan, and Mexico. 8. One of the largest ore bodies of zinc copper is located in Wisconsin.9. Wisconsin offers property tax exemptions ...

Wisconsin is a popular tourist destination. The most visited places within the state are: The Wisconsin Dells, House on The Rock, and the Circus World Museum. Some interesting facts about Wisconsin follow:1. Wisconsin’s largest forest product is papermaking, and it employs more than 100,000 people.2. Gravel and construction sand represent 80% of Wisconsin’s nonfuel mineral production.3. Wisconsin’s top agricultural products are dairy beef and calves, and corn4. Workers in the papermaking industry of Wisconsin are the highest paid within the manufacturing industry.5. Wisconsin tourism industry employs 177,000 workers and generated about $6 billion in revenue.6. Wisconsin’s major exporter industries are the computer, machinery, and the transportation. 7. Wisconsin’s main exports go to Canada, Japan, and Mexico. 8. One of the largest ore bodies of zinc copper is located in Wisconsin.9. Wisconsin offers property tax exemptions ...