BARTER NEWS Open Letter June 20, 2006 — Dana Point, CA–In response to your opening letter of the 6/13/06 Tuesday Report, wherein you described derivatives as having an “important purpose” and offering protection from risk, I must say that I bristled in dismay as you went on to describe small business barter-generated trade dollars as yet another form of these derivatives. I have another name for these so-called derivative instruments: synthetic financial aberrations. Read complete release online