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Martin Wolf: The helicopters start to drop money

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Martin Wolf
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44eef7fa-a8da-11dc-ad9e-0000779fd2ac.html

The central bank helicopters are planning a co-ordinated drop of liquidity on troubled market waters. The money to be dropped now is not that large. But if this does not work, more will surely follow. The helicopters will fly again and again and again.

Fed's money helicopters take off for Europe, Britain, Canada

Section: Daily Dispatches

Fed Teams With Central Banks on Credit

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071212/ap_on_bi_ge/fed_credit_crunch;_ylt=A...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it is coordinating with other central banks to deal with the global credit crunch.

Gold glitters in the eyes of Russia's billionaires

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andy Hoffman
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071212.RGOLD12/TPStor...

For a growing list of Russian oligarchs, gold is the new oil.

Russia's wealthiest are piling into the bullion sector and eight of the country's 10 richest men are investing in gold.

Fed to try another way of injecting banks with cash

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Krishna Guha and Michael Mackenzie
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6bcfd8ee-a80d-11dc-9485-0000779fd2ac.html

The Federal Reserve is set to overhaul the way it provides liquidity support to financial markets, following a negative reaction to Tuesday’s interest rate cut.

Ed Steer: Larry Lindsey lays it on the line

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:24p ET Monday, December 10, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Murray Pollitt: The big shorts in gold are also the big frauds

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10:11p ET Monday, December 10, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler: The cop on the beat -- Part III

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:45p ET Monday, December 10, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Trade dollars for an even more imaginary currency -- just please don't spend them!

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:41p ET Monday, December 10, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

What may be a trial balloon was floated today in the Financial Times via an essay by a former U.S. Treasury Department official, Fred Bergsten, headlined "How to Solve the Problem of the Dollar," which is appended here.

Citigroup quietly unloads toxic SIVs to junior investors

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Paul J. Davies, David Wighton, and Adam Jones
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 10, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e35b3628-a769-11dc-a25a-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

Societe Generale rescues SIV fund to avoid fire sale

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sebastian Boyd and Gregory Viscusi
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, December 10, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aoqP2ef8rtgM&refer=home

Societe Generale SA, France's second-biggest bank by market value, will bail out a $4.3 billion fund after losses related to the collapse of the U.S. subprime-mortgage market to avoid a fire sale of assets.

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