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Japan's opposition would diversify away from dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-07-13 00:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Keiko Ujikane and Kyoko Shimodoi
Bloomberg News
Monday, July 13, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aJ.CUWH3_7o8
TOKYO -- Japan's opposition party, leading in polls two months ahead of elections, said the nation should consider shifting its $1 trillion of foreign reserves away from the dollar and buying International Monetary Fund bonds.
Commodity exchanges can dump gold debts on ETFs
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-07-11 13:11 Section: Daily Dispatches1p ET Saturday, July 11, 2009
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Terrence Keeley: Central bankers return to gold and dollars
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-07-11 10:50 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Terrence Keeley
Financial Times, London
Thursday, July 9, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5315bab8-6caa-11de-a6e6-00144feabdc0.html?ncli...
Just another central banker who declined to warn the world
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-07-11 10:08 Section: Daily Dispatches10a ET Saturday, July 11, 2009
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In Reuters interview, Chilton stresses position limits for gold, silver
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-07-10 15:42 Section: Daily DispatchesIndustry Worries Haste Could Hurt CFTC Reform
By Christopher Doering
Reuters
Friday, July 10, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1052575320090710
WASHINGTON -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission looks eager to move quickly to implement trading limits on commodity and energy futures, leaving opponents little time to argue that the agency is going too far, too fast.
Jonathan Weil: Goldman loses grip on its doomsday machine
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-07-10 15:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jonathan Weil
Bloomberg News
Thursday, July 9, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aFeyqdzYcizc&
Never let it be said that the Justice Department can't move quickly when it gets a hot tip about an alleged crime at a Wall Street bank. It does help, though, if the party doing the complaining is the bank itself, and not merely an aggrieved customer.
CFTC's Chilton wants position limits on gold, silver trading
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-07-10 15:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Edward Beeson
Compliance Reporter, New York
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
http://compliancereporter.com/Home/ArticleLogin/2250881/CFTC_Commissione...
John Crudele: Influence is in the bag for 'Government Sachs'
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-07-09 20:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, July 7, 2009
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07092009/business/influence_is_all_in_the_ba...
When I last wrote about Goldman Sachs in late March, the most politically-connected and luckiest firm on Wall Street was in the middle of rigging the stock market -- again.
Jennifer Barry: Gold, the U.S. dollar, and the Chinese yuan
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-07-09 20:37 Section: Daily Dispatches8:33p ET Thursday, July 9, 2009
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At conference, China demands currency reform; France sympathetic
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-07-09 20:28 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Simon Rabinovitch and Matt Falloon
Reuters
Thursday, July 9, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/asianCurrencyNews/idUSPEK20673520090709
L'AQUILA, Italy -- China called on Thursday for reform of the reserve currency system at a meeting of world leaders in one of its most direct attacks on the dollar's global dominance.