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Crisis changes central bank reserve management
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-03-17 22:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE52H02420090318
LONDON -- Global financial turmoil has had a "major" impact on the reserve management policies of two thirds of central banks and almost all are rethinking diversification tactics, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Barrick to pay $24 million to settle fraud lawsuit
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-03-17 13:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Joe Schneider
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a1Rspdod3FLI&
Barrick Gold Corp., the world's biggest gold producer, will pay $24 million to settle a lawsuit in which investors claimed the company misled them by saying a hedging program didn't hurt profits as gold prices rose.
IMF urged to flood world with global super-currency
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-03-17 10:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Edmund Conway
The Telegraph, London
Monday, March 16, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/4986287/IMF-p...
Got Gold Report notes 'shocking' short concentration in silver
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 18:58 Section: Daily Dispatches6:48p ET Monday, March 16, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Barrick settles securities fraud lawsuit over hedging
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 18:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Joe Schneider
Bloomberg News
Monday, March 16, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a1OX8PmX9Q.s&
Barrick Gold Corp., the world's biggest gold producer, agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it misled investors by claiming that its hedging program wouldn't hurt profits as gold prices rose.
Al Korelin interviews GATA's Adrian Douglas on gold
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 16:52 Section: Daily Dispatches4:49p ET Monday, March 16, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Al Korelin's weekly radio program, the Korelin Economics Report, has interviewed GATA board member Adrian Douglas, editor of the Market Force Analysis letter, about why Douglas thinks gold will continue to rise. You can listen to the interview here:
Bank of England warns of fevered tension in banking system
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 16:05 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Edmund Conway
The Telegraph, London
Monday, March 16, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/4996806...
Tensions in the financial system are approaching the fever pitch they reached before the collapse of Lehman Brothers last October, the Bank of England has warned.
Ted Butler: Crunch time for silver?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 14:55 Section: Daily Dispatches2:51p ET Monday, March 16, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
UK's Royal Mint is top prospect for privatization
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 11:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Samantha Pearson
Financial Times, London
Sunday, March 15, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4eee5a2-1190-11de-87b1-0000779fd2ac.html?
The Royal Mint, which manufactures coins for the UK and over 50 other countries, has moved to the top of the government's privatisation list as it looks for ways to ease the huge pressure on public finances in the wake of the banking crisis.
Russia wants new international reserve currency
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-16 11:22 Section: Daily DispatchesRussia Proposes Macro-economic, Budget Standards to G-20
From Russian News and Information Agency
RIA Novosti, Moscow
Monday, March 16, 2009
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