http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7101050.stm
18 November 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested an end to the trading of oil in US dollars, calling the currency "a worthless piece of paper".
Rapper Jay-Z dissing the dollar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7097736.stm
November 16, 2007
Other more conventional market-watchers have also been snubbing the dollar, including the billionaire investor Warren Buffett. There have been no suggestions that Jay-Z's fellow rapper 50 Cent could be considering a move into a different currency.
Supermodel 'rejects dollar pay'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7078612.stm
6 November 2007
The world's richest model has reportedly reacted in her own way to the sliding value of the US dollar - by refusing to be paid in the currency. Gisele Bündchen is said to be keen to avoid the