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Fearing Lehman bankrutpcy, derivatives traders hold emergency session
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-14 17:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Karen Brettell, Jennifer Ablan, and Walden Siew
Reuters
Sunday, September 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1444498020080914?virtualBran...
James Turk: The window is open
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-14 16:41 Section: Daily Dispatches4:40p ET Sunday, September 14, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
John Embry: Metals' fundamentals will reassert themselves
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-13 16:44 Section: Daily Dispatches4:45p ET Saturday, September 13, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Wall Street, feds haggle over who swallows Lehman's junk
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-13 16:29 Section: Daily DispatchesWall Street Firms Could Buy Lehman 'Bad Bank'
By Francesco Guerrera, Peter Thal Larsen,
Krishna Guha, and Henny Sender
Financial Times, London
Saturday, September 13, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3586ede-80ca-11dd-82dd-000077b07658.html?ncli...
Lehman bailout better hurry, as WaMu, AIG, Merrill may be next
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-13 00:11 Section: Daily DispatchesLehman Races Clock; Financial Crisis Spreads
By Susanne Craig, Deborah Solomon,
Carrick Mollenkamp, and Matthew Karnitschnig
The Wall Street Journal
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Gold starts to look good to commodities guru Rogers
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-09-12 22:52 Section: Daily Dispatches10:50p ET Friday, September 12, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Not long ago commodities guru Jim Rogers was disparaging gold and predicting that lead and zinc had much better price prospects. The story from India's Business Standard appended here suggests that Rogers has completely changed his mind. It would be nice if someone asked him for a little more explanation.
Jason Hommel: Why don't the miners do something?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-09-12 22:36 Section: Daily Dispatches10:30p ET Friday, September 12, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
John Embry: When gold is gone, market will go nuts
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-09-12 22:26 Section: Daily Dispatches10:20p ET Friday, September 12, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Morgan Chase aiming to acquire Washington Mutual
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-09-12 14:18 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Poirier
Reuters
Friday, September 12, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSWAT01003820080912
WASHINGTON -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. is in advanced discussions to acquire Washington Mutual Inc., a source familiar with the discussions said on Friday. "They are in advanced talks," the source told Reuters.
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Mortgage mess seen pushing China away from dollars
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-09-11 23:16 Section: Daily DispatchesChina May Cut Its Dollar Holdings: CICC
From China Daily, Beijing
Friday, September 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/12/content_7020656.htm
China, which holds a fifth of its currency reserves in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt, may cut the portion held in US dollars, according to China International Capital Corp. (CICC), one of the nation's biggest investment banks.
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