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Analysts ask how low dollar can go

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Mackenzie
Financial Times, London
Sunday, July 22, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e3dd78ec-3872-11dc-bca9-0000779fd2ac.html

Ambrose Evans Pritchard: 'Dutch disease' could shake the pound

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, July 20, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/20/do...

Don't be fooled by the surge in sterling to a 16-year high of $2.05 against the dollar. We have not become the planet's uber-rich, nor have we stumbled upon the secret of perpetual wealth.

Markets dive as Fed raises stagflation fears

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, July 19, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/19/cnusec...

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has painted a gloomy picture of slowing growth and rising inflation, causing a sharp sell-off on Wall Street as investors sniff a nasty whiff of stagflation.

Gold's enemies have not yet evaded the laws of physics

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:15p ET Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tuesday's final dispatch, "Scientists find economic process for creating gold from base metals," contrived a news story in an attempt to satirize the desperation of the central banks and major financial houses to suppress the gold price as the dollar-based financial system cracks apart.

Scientists find economic process for creating gold from base metals

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ben Dover
San Francisco Comical
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070716/od_nm/germany_sexy_dc;_ylt=AnlKIwIEm...

LIVERMORE, California -- Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered a process for inexpensively converting base metals into gold, the lab announced Tuesday night at a hastily called news conference.

Bear Stearns admits two subprime mortgage funds are worthless

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Joey Bel Bruno
Associated Press
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070717/bear_stearns_funds.html?.v=1

NEW YORK -- Bear Stearns Cos. told clients Tuesday that a meltdown in the subprime mortgage market has made the assets from two of its flagship hedge funds almost worthless.

Ted Butler: The principle of substitution

Section: Daily Dispatches

5p ET Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler argues that the principle of substitution is going to work twice in silver's favor.

First, since silver is just a small part of the price of so many of the products in which it is contained, it can rise very high in price before manufacturers are likely to substitute other metals for it.

Grandich slips market manipulation into MarketWatch daily gold report

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Polya Lesova
MarketWatch.com
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bE55F69D0-78FB-4...

NEW YORK -- Gold futures struggled to find a foothold in positive territory Tuesday, though ongoing dollar weakness and near-record oil prices underpinned prices.

Ron Paul owns the whiplash point on the political spectrum

Section: Daily Dispatches

He Has Crowd Appeal

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Is Reaching Across Many Lines

By Michael J. Mishak
Las Vegas Sun
Sunday, July 15, 2007

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2007/jul/15/566680220.html...

Canadian dollar hits US96 cents for first time in 30 years

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frank Pingue
Reuters
Monday, July 16, 2007

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&stor...

TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar stormed to 96 U.S. cents for the first time in 30 years on Monday as higher oil prices triggered a slew of automatic buy orders.

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