Daily Dispatches

A Hong Kong gold merchant seeks fortune in China

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-08-01 14:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Joyce Hor-chung Lau
The New York Times
Friday, July 31, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/business/global/01spot.html?

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Mint must prove rare seized coins were stolen

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-08-01 14:21 Section: Daily Dispatches

By MaryClaire Dale
The Associated Press
via Google News
Friday, July 31, 2009

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNa23R6oJQcat8uERblqfb...

PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. government improperly seized a set of extremely rare and valuable "double eagle" coins from a Philadelphia jeweler's descendants and must win a forfeiture case to keep them, a judge ruled this week.

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Mark Lundeen: U.S. dollar production vs. commodity production

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-08-01 14:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

2p ET Saturday, August 1, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Liberty Dollar suspends operations pending counterfeiting trial

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-08-01 11:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bernard von NotHaus
LibertyDollar.org
Saturday, August 1, 2009

It is with a very heavy heart that I regret to inform you that I have suspended (closed) the Liberty Dollar operation until I am acquitted.

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Will China keep buying U.S. bonds?

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-07-31 22:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Liz Rappaport and James T. Areddy
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, July 31, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124896282178793797.html?

Shaky auctions of Treasury notes this week reignited concerns about whether the government can attract buyers from China and elsewhere to soak up trillions in new debt.

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Billions in Lehman claims could bury an elusive insurer

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-07-31 22:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Zachery Kouwe
The New York Times
Friday, July 31, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/31insure.html?_r=1

Next to a Chinese restaurant in Burlington, Vermont, lurks a quiet guardian of Wall Street -- an obscure insurance company that is supposed to protect big-money investors in the event of a catastrophic failure of a major brokerage firm.

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King World News interviews GATA Chairman Murphy

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-07-31 21:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:10p ET Friday, July 31, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Eric King of King World News today interviewed GATA Chairman Bill Murphy about the impact of the central bank gold price suppression scheme on the mining industry, including the decline in production, which promises an explosion in the gold price as inventories are exhausted. You can listen to the interview here: