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Debt markets again flash warnings

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, May 29, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/29/cndebt...

The debt markets in the US and Europe have begun to flash warning signals yet again, raising fears that the global credit crisis could be entering another turbulent phase.

Gary North: The next attack on gold has begun

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30a ET Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler: A few thoughts on silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:35p ET Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

LIBOR cracks widen as bankers struggle with reforms

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11:15a ET Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Investors bet Persian Gulf will loosen dollar pegs

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Joanna Slater
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Hedge funds and other investors made bundles of money in the 1990s betting currency pegs around the world would break. They are at it again, only this time they are gambling currencies will soar, not plummet.

As if you can't 'mingle with criminals' at a bank ...

Section: Daily Dispatches

Ottawa Warns on Gold-Backed Web Trades

Kevin Carmichael
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Monday, May 26, 2008

http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080526.wrfintrac26...

Germany joins call for ban on speculation in oil

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Monday, May 26, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/26/cnoil1...

German leaders are to propose a worldwide ban on oil trading by speculators, blaming the latest spike in crude prices on manipulation by hedge funds.

'Virtual hoarding' by investors is monetizing oil

Section: Daily Dispatches

Slick Investors Strike Riches as They Cash in on Peak Oil

By Louise Armitstead
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, May 25, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/25/cnoil1...

Retail investors have joined a raft of hedge funds and pension funds in making millions of pounds by cashing in on the oil crisis.

Collectors angered as U.S. rations 'silver eagles'

Section: Daily Dispatches

Losing a Mint:
Curb on Coin Sales
Angers Collectors

U.S. Begins Rationing
Popular 'Silver Eagles';
How $1 Fetches $19

By Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, May 23, 2008

The government rationed food during World War II and gasoline in the 1970s. Now it's imposing quotas on another precious commodity: 2008 dollar coins known as silver eagles.

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