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Bugs were right about derivatives disaster, Citigroup analysts say

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30a ET Friday, September 19, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb's Dorothy Kosich writes about a new report from Citigroup analysts John H. Hill and Graham Wark, who last year wrote a report acknowledging that central banks were strategically intervening in the gold market to suppress gold's price. You can find their report from last year here:

Treasury taps ESF to guarantee money-market funds

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Friday, September 19, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_on_bi_ge/fund_rescue;_ylt=AsiOvFv...

WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department announced Friday it will tap into a Depression-era fund to provide guarantees for the nation's money market mutual funds.

Govt. would buy all bad loans, back money-market funds

Section: Daily Dispatches

Citing Grave Financial Threats, Officials Ready Massive Rescue

Lawmakers Work With Fed, Treasury To Try to Restore The Flow of Money

By Binyamin Appelbaum and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post
Friday, September 19, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR200809...

Bye-bye, deflation -- Comprehensive bailout in the works

Section: Daily Dispatches

Possible U.S. Bailout Grips Washington, Wall Street

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Jeremy Pelofsky
Reuters
Thursday, September 18, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/gc06/idUSN1831183820080918

Chinese govt. buys bank shares, drops tax on stock trading

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nipa Piboontanasawat and Wing-Gar Cheng
Bloomberg News
Friday, September 19, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azK0n73WyuOc&refer=home

China will scrap the tax on stock purchases and buy shares in three of the largest state-owned banks to shore up investor confidence in the world's second- worst-performing stock market this year.

SEC plans to ban short-selling temporarily

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Kara Scannell and Deborah Solomon
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, September 18, 2008

WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission took its most aggressive assault against bearish stock bets by stating its intention to issue a temporary ban on short-selling.

SEC adopts rules against 'naked' short-selling

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Marcy Gordon
Associated Press
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_bi_ge/sec_short_selling

Taiwan's government ready to prop up stock market

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Janet Ong
Bloomberg News
Thursday, September 18, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awTskJv0r7KY&refer=home

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's government said the "conditions are right" for the government fund to buy stocks after the benchmark Taiex index fell to its lowest in four years.

Fed can buy all bad mortgages, banking chairman says

Section: Daily Dispatches

Dodd Says the Fed Has Authority to Set Up Debt Fund

By Viola Gienger
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axN7il2n3WO0&refer=home

Dan Norcini: Huge outflow of foreign capital from U.S. in July

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dan Norcini
www.JSMineSet.com
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Treasury international capital flows data was released yesterday detailing the numbers for July. While I was expecting some lousy data, I was stunned by just how bad it was.

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