Weak U.S. Dollar May Be `Checkmate' for the Fed: Caroline Baum

us-recession-2007.blogspot.com — The total deal value of acquisitions of U.S. companies by foreign private equity firms and companies is already up more than 18% year to date compared with all of 2006, to $374 billion, according to data from deal-tracker Zephyr. The largest such deal this year is the pending $19 billion acquisition of Lyondell Chemical by Basell of the Netherlands