Daily Dispatches

James Turk: Gold sets another record

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-10-21 17:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

4p CT Sunday, October 21, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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U.S. House committee would impose royalties on hard-rock mining

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-10-21 16:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Erica Werner
Associated Press
via Caspar (Wyoming) Star-Tribune
Sunday, October 21, 2007

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/10/21/news/regional/1295f...

WASHINGTON -- A House committee agreed Thursday to impose the first-ever federal royalties on gold, silver, and other hard-rock mining on public lands.

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Mining companies face crackdown in Congo

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-10-21 11:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ben Laurence
The Times, London
Sunday, October 21, 2007

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/industri...

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IMF may be starting to fall apart

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-10-21 11:07 Section: Daily Dispatches

IMF Fails to Make Progress on Reforms

By Chris Giles and Eoin Callan
Financial Times, London
Sunday, October 21, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2d8b350-7f8d-11dc-acce-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

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Barclays, RBS prepare emergency credit with Fed

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-10-21 10:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ian Dey
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, October 21, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=XKBX04TQ1EM4BQFIQ...

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland have lined up emergency funds of up to $30 billion (L15 billion) from the US Federal Reserve to bail out American clients caught up in the global credit crunch.

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U.S. vetoed mention of falling dollar in G-7's statement

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-10-21 00:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

Edmund Conway
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, October 21, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/21/cng712...

WASHINGTON -- European finance ministers this weekend failed in their bid to slap down the United States for allowing the dollar to plunge to record lows against the euro.

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G-7's silence on dollar construed as license to keep selling

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-10-20 23:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

Dollar May Extend Slump as G-7
Fails to Address Record Slide

By Bo Nielsen and Min Zeng
Bloomberg News Service
Saturday, October 20, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aKBy2zsuydgk&refer=us

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Russia is OK with a gradual decline of U.S. dollar

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-10-20 13:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Itar-Tass News Agency, Moscow
Saturday, October 20, 2007

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11988432&PageNum=0

WASHINGTON -- Russia is interested in gradual U.S. dollar decline, Russian Vice Premier and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said. He participated in the Group of Eight finance minister and central bank head meeting in Washington.