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Gartman admits gold price suppression but leaves out why

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:40p ET Saturday, September 1, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In the Friday edition of The Gartman Letter (http://www.thegartmanletter.com/), Dennis Gartman again acknowledged that central banks are probably suppressing the price of gold, and as he did so, he couldn't help but mention GATA.

Gartman wrote:

John Crudele: Just what does Paulson talk about when he calls Wall Street?

Section: Daily Dispatches

Paulson Is Still Clamming Up About the PPT

By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, August 30, 2007

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08302007/business/paulson_is_still_clamming_...

Here's more from the interview that never happened -- my imaginary chat with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who in real life refuses to discuss the Plunge Protection Team.

Traders snicker as Barclays blames technical problems

Section: Daily Dispatches

Barclays Borrows £1.6 Billion from Bank of England

By Edmund Conway and Philip Aldrick
The Telegraph, London
Friday, August 31, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/31/cnbank...

Barclays has been forced to tap the Bank of England's emergency lending fund after a major error in the City's trading systems wreaked havoc on the money markets.

Barclays annoyed to explain more emergency borrowing

Section: Daily Dispatches

Barclays Reassures After
More Emergency Borrowing

By Peter Thal Larsen and Chris Giles
Financial Times, London
via Yahoo News
Thursday, Aug 30, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20070830/bs_ft/fto083020071955571131;_ylt=Aiy...

Mark Gilbert: If the SEC ever gets real, everything blows up

Section: Daily Dispatches

Unsafe at Any Rating:
CDO Speeds to CCC from AAA

By Mark Gilbert
Bloomberg News Service
Thursday, August 30, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aSEguZCZ9ZpY&refer=c...

David Bond remembers Aaron Russo

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:15p ET Thursday, August 30, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

David Bond, editor of the Silver Valley Mining Journal, has written a wonderful remembrance of film maker and hard-money advocate Aaron Russo. You can find it at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1188509090.php

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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Banks boost borrowing from Fed for second week

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Thursday, August 30, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_bi_ge/fed_borrowing;_ylt=AlmkO...

WASHINGTON -- Banks increased their borrowing from the Federal Reserve for a second straight week as the central bank worked to deal with a credit crunch that has roiled global financial markets.

GATA's Ed Steer contributes to new Casey Research letter

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:27a ET Thursday, August 30, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA is much obliged to Doug Casey and the Casey Research organization for publicizing our work.

Especially important to us have been the interview done with your secretary/treasurer by Doug Hornig of Casey's International Speculator in January:

http://www.gata.org/node/4738

Subprime inflicts new damage as banks seek cash

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mike Peacock
Reuters
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSPEK14997020070829

LONDON -- New evidence of damage wrought by the U.S. mortgage sector surfaced in the United States and Europe on Wednesday while banks demanded a record amount of cash at a euro-zone money market auction.

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