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Bernanke hints at further rate cuts

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jeannine Aversa
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, November 29, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_bi_ge/bernanke;_ylt=AqPHkK.Xb9...

John Crudele: The Treasury's missing minutes mystery

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, November 29, 2007

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11292007/business/the_treasurys_missing_minu...

After a year and a half of stalling, the US Treasury finally complied with the Post's requests for information about The President's Working Group on Financial Markets -- by delivering 177 pages of crap.

China wins from credit crunch fallout

Section: Daily Dispatches

From The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/28/ccrock...

Towards the end of September, a group of the world's most powerful bankers met for an emergency summit on the credit crunch which, days earlier, had threatened to topple Northern Rock, Britain's fifth-biggest bank.

Ted Butler: Sheer speculation?

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:15p ET Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Another rescue from the Middle East for Citigroup

Section: Daily Dispatches

Abu Dhabi to Bolster Citigroup
With $7.5 Billion Capital Infusion

By Robin Sidel
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119613039399104832.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=...

You'll find your fortune falling all over town ...

Section: Daily Dispatches

Make sure that your umbrella
Is upside-down.

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Fed Plans to Ease Funding Pressures by Adding Cash

By Ye Xie and Craig Torres
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, November 26, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5tREH0PkNj0&refer=home

Dimitri Speck: Gold's strange behavior during financial crisis

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:13p ET Monday, November 26, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

With a new paper, "Gold's Strange Behavior During Financial Crisis," market reseacher Dimitri Speck, editor of Seasonal-Charts.com, expands on his work documenting central bank intervention against gold. It can be found at Gold-Eagle here:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_05/speck112507.html

'Super SIV' fund seen as device for ingratiating banks with the government

Section: Daily Dispatches

Bank of America Takes Lead
in Backing 'Super SIV' Fund

By David Mildenberg and Christopher Condon
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, November 26, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afLswJw550m8&refer=home

Dollar displaces yen, Swiss franc as favorite for carry-trade funding

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bo Nielsen
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, November 26, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aWMXWN6PFHa4

NEW YORK -- Using the dollar to pay for purchases of currencies with higher yields is proving to be the most profitable trade in the foreign-exchange market.

Antal Fekete: Our diseased monetary bloodstream

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:54p ET Sunday, November 25, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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