Daily Dispatches

Paulson's dollar policy tweak may only slow slide

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-11-18 13:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Glenn Somerville
Reuters
Sunday, November 18, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1739991420071118

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- U.S. officials have thrown a rhetorical lifeline to the downtrodden dollar by expressing faith in the economy's long-term "fundamental" prospects.

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G20 meeting leaves falling dollar alone

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-11-18 13:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gordon Bell and Natsuko Waki
Reuters
Sunday, November 18, 2007

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=allBreaki...

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Gulf states will discuss revaluing their dollar-pegged currencies

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-11-18 13:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Zainab Fattah and Matthew Brown
Bloomberg News Service
Sunday, November 18, 2007

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

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OPEC finance ministers to keep discussing dollar's fall

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-11-18 13:19 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Souhail Karam
Reuters
Sunday, November 18, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1828894320071118

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- OPEC agreed its finance ministers would discuss the impact of the sliding dollar after Iran and Venezuela failed to win support for a plan to track the price of oil against a currency basket, Iraq's finance minister said.

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Oil-producing Nigeria, Angola consider diversifying from dollar

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-11-17 14:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Saudi Arabia Not Alone
Defending Dollar in OPEC

By Anchalee Worrachate and Zainab Fattah
Bloomberg News Service
Saturday, November 17, 2007

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

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Mistakenly disclosed affidavit outlines case against Liberty Dollar

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-11-17 13:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:26p ET Saturday, November 17, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The federal raid on the Liberty Dollar organization was the product of an elaborate undercover operation and was based on a claim that Liberty Dollar's products were "intended for use as current money" in violation of Title 18, Section 486, of the United States Code.