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Ian Gordon on the world economy and gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-04-03 19:31 Section: Daily Dispatches7:30p ET Friday, April 3, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Banks could bet on toxic assets with taxpayer money
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-04-03 16:13 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jonathan Stempel and Karey Wutkowski
Reuters
Friday, April 3, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5320OK20090403
U.S. banks that received billions of dollars of taxpayer money to bolster their capital could place bets on the same toxic assets that got them into trouble in the first place -- and with government support.
Hugo Salinas Price: Consensus and all that rot
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-04-03 16:08 Section: Daily Dispatches4p Friday, April 3, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
G20 didn't increase IMF gold sales
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-04-03 13:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Lesley Wroughton
Reuters
via Business Spectator, Australia
Friday, April 3, 2009
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/IMF-gold-sales-are-ag...
Jim Sinclair profiled by weekly Connecticut paper
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-04-03 13:20 Section: Daily DispatchesStay Gold
As the Economy Tanks, Doomsayers and Commodity Traders Say It's Time to Invest in the Shiny Stuff
By Nathan Paluk
Hartford (Connecticut) Advocate
April 2-8, 2009
Thom Calandra: Material world standards in peril
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-04-02 23:58 Section: Daily Dispatches11:58p ET Thursday, April 2, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Thom Calandra's latest column at Stockhouse examines, among other things, a new UBS report on gold, the recent Bahamas Investment Conference, the silver market investigation done by Ted Butler, and GATA's work. It's headlined "Material World Standards in Peril" and you can find it at Stockhouse here:
A reporter actually gets it: IMF gold will never hit market
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-04-02 15:45 Section: Daily DispatchesG20 Supports IMF's Plan to Sell 403 Tons of Gold
By Moming Zhou
MarketWatch.com
Thursday, April 2, 2009
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/g20-supports-imf-plan-raise/story....
Avery Goodman: Did ECB save Comex from gold default?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-04-02 10:59 Section: Daily Dispatches11a ET Thursday, April 2, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Looks like China wants more collateral for its loans
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-04-02 10:43 Section: Daily DispatchesG20 Discussing Additional Gold Sales
By Matt Falloon
Reuters
Thursday, April 2, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53133820090402
LONDON -- Discussion at a summit of G20 world leaders about selling International Monetary Fund gold to raise extra funds refers to sales over and above existing plans, a minister said on Thursday.
China expands currency swaps to avoid trading in dollars
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-04-01 22:49 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Bob Chen and Judy Chen
Bloomberg News
Thursday, April 2, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.lhD2W5k.lY&refer=home
HONG KONG / SHANGHAI -- China's leaders, increasingly concerned about the nation's $740 billion of U.S. Treasuries, are making it easier for trading partners and consumers to do business in yuan.