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U.S. may relieve Citi of billions in bad loans

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Enrich and Carrick Mollenkamp
The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 23, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122747680752551447.html

Citigroup Inc. is nearing agreement with U.S. government officials to create a structure that would house some of the financial giant's risky assets, according to people familiar with the situation.

Gene Arensberg: Commercial short positions still low for gold, silver

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12:35p ET Sunday, November 23, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Al Korelin interviews Murphy, Turk, Morgan, Grandich, and Powell

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4:48p ET Saturday, November 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Hold still more dollars, economist urges China

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From Reuters
via Yahoo News
Saturday, November 22, 2008

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081122/tbs-financial-china-dollar-21231d...

BEIJING -- The best thing China could do with its foreign currency reserves is raise its holdings of U.S. dollars to support Washington's efforts to support the U.S. econony, state media on Saturday cited an economist as saying.

Wherever MorganChase goes, market manipulation follows

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Polish Market Regulator Seeks Probe of Late Share Deal

By Chris Borowski
Reuters
Friday, December 21, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSLL65902620081121

Citigroup may get government rescue, analysts say

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Christine Harper and Bradley Keoun
Bloomberg News
Friday, November 21, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3ArjWNoRSKw&refer=home

NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc. will probably get rescued by the U.S. government after a crisis in confidence erased half its stock-market value in three days, investors and analysts said.

Swamped by gold demand, Perth Mint stops taking orders

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sarah-Jane Tasker
The Australian, Sydney
Saturday, November 22, 2008

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24687337-643...

Fears of the unknown long-term effects from the global financial crisis have sparked a new gold rush.

Italy's parliament to consider gold sales

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Dow Jones Newswires
via INO.com
Friday, November 21, 2008

http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=20081121002448

ROME -- The Italian parliament will consider a long-discussed plan to use Bank of Italy gold reserves to lift the country's economy, business daily MF reports Friday, citing parliament's finance committee chairman.

Loan investors accuse Goldman Sachs of naked shorting

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By Pierre Paulden and Caroline Salas
Bloomberg News
Monday, November 17, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=as3PwfEfBlhk

NEW YORK -- Investors in the $591 billion high-yield, high-risk loan market are accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of naked short selling to profit from record price declines.

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