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By Alan Beattie
Financial Times, London
Saturday, September 22, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7198d398-6659-11dc-9fbb-0000779fd2ac.html

"The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World"
By Alan Greenspan
Allen Lane, L25, 531 pages
FT bookshop price: L20

Gary North: Bernanke has snookered us all

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:20p ET Saturday, September 22, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fears for global economy propel gold price

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, September 22, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/09/22/cngold...

The moment every gold bug has been waiting for finally arrived this week when "Barbaric Relic" smashed through resistance to close the week at a 27-year high of $737 an ounce on the London PM Fix.

The credit crisis could be just beginning

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jon D. Markman
TheStreet.com
Friday, September 21, 2007

http://www.thestreet.com/s/the-credit-crisis-could-be-just-beginning/new...

Satyajit Das is laughing. It appears I have said something very funny, but I have no idea what it was. My only clue is that the laugh sounds somewhat pitying.

Despite gains, gold lacks broad investor appeal

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Muralikumar Anantharaman
Reuters
Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1931204120070920

BOSTON -- Many investors are mystified by gold and aren't warming to it even as prices hit 28-year highs and the world's top producer says market conditions are a positive "perfect storm" for the precious metal.

If Canadians could play REAL football, they'd be dangerous now

Section: Daily Dispatches

Loonie Reaches Parity with Greenback

By Jackie Farwell
Associated Press
Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar;_ylt=ApQrjjk.bP7K...

NEW YORK -- For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, the loonie can buy as much as the greenback.

British chickens may have to start laying smaller eggs

Section: Daily Dispatches

Market Ingredients Put
in Place for a More Costly
full English Breakfast

By Carl Mortished
The Times, London
Friday, September 14, 2007

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

Government guarantee effectively nationalizes Northern Rock

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Philip Aldrick and Iain Dey
The Telegraph, London
Friday, September 21, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=YFABX0VTNHWC1QFIQ...

Northern Rock has effectively been nationalised by the Treasury's unprecedented guarantee this week to protect all deposits at the beleaguered mortgage lender.

Peter Brimelow: Rate cut makes bear Murphy feel more golden than ever

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/bear-feels-more-golden-ever/story....

NEW YORK -- Fed frenzy? As stocks surge for the second day after the rate cut, bulls feel vindicated but so does at least one bear.

As inflation rages, China would freeze some prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Joe McDonald
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_bi_ge/china_inflation;_ylt=AqB...

BEIJING -- China's government has ordered some prices frozen and told officials to closely monitor others in its most drastic step yet to contain a surge in inflation.

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