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Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-02-12 19:13 Section: Daily Dispatches7:13p Saturday, February 12, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Ron Paul wins presidential poll at conservative conference
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-02-12 18:56 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom The Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Saturday, February 12, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110212/ap_on_el_ge/us_conservatives_straw_poll
WASHINGTON -- Texas congressman Ron Paul won the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference for the second straight year Saturday and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished second.
Join GATA next weekend at the Phoenix conference
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 22:29 Section: Daily Dispatches10:29p ET Friday, February 11, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
With so much of North America frozen solid, there may not be a more prospective place than the Phoenix Resource Investment Conference and Silver Summit next Friday and Saturday, February 18 and 19.
More Fed secrets: Bernanke's 2009 interview withheld by crisis panel
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 22:04 Section: Daily DispatchesBernanke's 2009 Interview Withheld by Crisis Panel
By Joshua Zumbrun and Scott Lanman
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 11, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-11/bernanke-s-2009-interview-with-...
New York Sun: The fiat kilogram
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 21:50 Section: Daily Dispatches9:46p ET Friday, February 11, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
If the dollar can float, The New York Sun asks in an editorial today, why not the kilogram as well? Both are supposed to be measures, but without constancy the dollar is really no measure at all. The Sun's editorial is headlined "The Fiat Kilogram" and you can find it here:
Possible shift from paper gold to real sneaks into bottom of FT story
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 17:22 Section: Daily DispatchesGold ETF Outflows and Shifts in Investor Sentiment
By Chris Flood
Financial Times, London
Friday, February 11, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03694836-35e9-11e0-b67c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz...
Large outflows from precious metals exchange traded funds since the start of the year have left some analysts questioning if investor sentiment towards gold and silver could be shifting.
Bullion banks get FT's help in trying to talk silver down
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 17:10 Section: Daily DispatchesMiners Hedge against Fall in Silver
By Jack Farchy
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/937e5dba-33cf-11e0-b1ed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz...
Silver mining companies have begun to buy insurance against a sharp drop in prices after years during which hedging fell out of favour.
Western journalists are clueless about gold, Cazenove's Griffiths says
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 08:35 Section: Daily Dispatches8:30a ET Friday, February 11, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
No wonder Vietnam can never get enough gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-02-11 08:17 Section: Daily DispatchesVietnam Devalues Dong Again in Step to Alleviate Woes
By John Ruwitch and Ngo Thi Ngoc Chau
Reuters
Friday, February 11, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/11/vietnam-economy-currency-idUSS...
Dutch pension fund ordered by central bank to sell gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-02-10 22:14 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom The Associated Press
via Bloomberg News
Thursday, February 10, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-10/dutch-central-bank-pension-fund...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A pension fund in the Netherlands says the country's central bank has ordered it to sell its gold holdings because it is overexposed to a fall in the value of the yellow metal.
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