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Iran reported to withdraw $75 billion from Europe

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Parisa Hafezi
Reuters
Monday, June 16, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSDAH63104320080616

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has withdrawn around $75 billion from Europe to prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions, an Iranian weekly said.

James Turk: Time to 'wheedle and cajole'

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:19a PT Monday, June 16, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Secrecy for NY Fed's derivatives bailout scheme challenged

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By Joanne Morrison
Reuters
Sunday, June 15, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1543260720080615

WASHINGTON -- The New York Federal Reserve's closed-door rule making with top players in the massive $60 trillion credit default swaps market came under legal fire on Sunday, as a fair finance activist filed a complaint questioning why it was done in the dark.

Germans begin rejecting euros from Latin bloc

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, June 13, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/13/cneuro...

Notes printed in Berlin have more currency for bank customers who fear a "value crisis."

Emerging markets face inflation meltdown

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, June 13, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/13/cnemer...

Iran says it will sell euro instruments for gold and stocks

Section: Daily Dispatches

Iran's Switch Good News for Gold Bugs?

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/business/ambrosevanspritchard/june2008/gold...

Good news for long-suffering gold bugs: Iran is switching a chunk of its $80 billion reserves into bullion.

Antal Fekete: Putting loincloth on the naked bogeyman

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:01a ET Thursday, June 12, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Another mainstream writer notices that gold is crucial to international monetary reform

Section: Daily Dispatches

The Weak-Dollar Threat to World Order

By Judy Shelton
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, June 9, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121296987173655833.html

Imagine how Americans would feel if we suddenly realized that our most trusted trade partners have been slowly but inexorably imposing a tariff against U.S. goods since 2002 -- a tariff now in excess of 50%.

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