Oil's Latest Record: $140.21.

The article presents an update on the commodity markets as of June 2008. Crude oil futures came within a cent of $143 due to the weak performance of the U.S. dollar. A record in crude oil, worries about inflation and the weakness of dollar resulted in fund buying of gold. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the case of mad cow disease came from a five-year-old Holstein cow from British Columbia.