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Bill Gates, World's Richest Man, Bets Against Dollar
''I'm short the dollar,'' Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp.,
told Charlie Rose in an interview late yesterday at
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
`The ol' dollar, it's gonna go down.''

``It is a bit scary,'' Gates said. ``We're in uncharted territory
when the world's reserve currency has so much outstanding debt.''

Gates reflected the views of his friend Warren Buffett,
the billionaire investor who has bet against the dollar since 2002.

Oil guru says crude could hit $190 this winter