Gladstone riffled through Smith's books: "Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Slaves of Passion"; "a layman's guide to the booming business of commodity trading"; "Kicking the Coffee Habit"; "Exotic Plants".
More than two hours after the opening bell rang at the Big Board, the New York Mercantile Exchange, where oil and other commodities are traded, kicked to life.
The commodities craze has also kicked up prices for silver, copper, uranium and, of course, oil.
Congo kicked out two rogue commodities traders in the Kivu region.
Based on its recent diversification kick into infrastructure and commodities, San Miguel could be looking to raise money for further acquisitions.
The same year, J Aron was bought by Goldman, kicking off Blankfein's rise, initially trading commodities, then fixed-income debt products and, by 2002, as head of Goldman's entire trading floor.
The new year kicked off with a global stock market and commodities rout over worries about the global economic outlook and China's economy in particular.
Trade wants to kick the middlemen out of the exchange of commodities in Africa.
When the commodity bubble of the early 1970s kicked off, all kinds of instruments went to the moon only to collapse back.
Dates aren't commodities.
