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Russia may cut off oil and gas to Europe

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, August 28, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/29/cnruss...

Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of European Union sanctions and NATO naval actions in the Black Sea.

U.S. appeals court validates gold clause in rental contract

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lisa Cornwell
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, August 28, 2008

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080828/oh_gold_clause_ruling.html?.v=1

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- A landlord can enforce a clause in 1912 lease requiring that rent be paid in gold coin for a landmark building in Cleveland, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Let them mint paper: Now they're out of Krugerrands too

Section: Daily Dispatches

It must have killed Bloomberg's Claudia Carpenter to have to report this.

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World's Largest Gold Refiner Runs Out of Krugerrands

By Claudia Carpenter
Bloomberg News Service
Thursday, August 28, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=acH4WhPh1WJ0

Two competing silver prices in Never-Never Land

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50p ET Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Market analyst Peter DeGraaf's new commentary remarks humorously on the increasing separation of the price of silver and the price of paper promises to deliver silver. DeGraaf's commentary is headlined "Once Upon A Time, In Never-Never Land, There Were Two Competing Silver Prices," and you can find it at Gold-Eagle here:

'For every long there is a short' is no argument

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:20p ET Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Dollar rescue plan was drawn in March, Japanese paper says

Section: Daily Dispatches

8p ET Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Greg Peel: The great U.S. gold shortage

Section: Daily Dispatches

7p ET Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Greg Peel cites GATA as he speculates on "The Great U.S. Gold Shortage" at FNArena here:

http://www.fnarena.com/index2.cfm?type=dsp_newsitem&n=FC7CEB81-1871-E587...

Or try this abbreviated link:

http://tinyurl.com/6a9jw2

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

FDIC weighs tapping Treasury as funds run low

Section: Daily Dispatches

Short-Term Loans
Might Be Needed
After a Bank Failure

By Damian Paletta and Jessica Holzer
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said Tuesday her agency might have to borrow money from the Treasury Department to see it through an expected wave of bank failures.

Washington Post reporter gets interested

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:35p ET Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China's stealth intervention supports dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

Beijing Swells Dollar Reserves Through Stealth

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/26/ccchin...

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