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America faces a diplomatic penalty as the dollar dwindles
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2007-12-27 20:31 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Daniel Dombey
Financial Times, London
Thursday, December 27, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/abfaa14c-b497-11dc-990a-0000779fd2ac.html
Mike Kosares' gold forecast for 2008
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2007-12-26 17:28 Section: Daily Dispatches5:30p ET Wednesday, December 27, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Michael J. Kosares, proprietor of Centennial Precious Metals in Denver and host of its invaluable Internet site and bulletin board, the USAGold.com Forum --
Ron Paul: Deeply square, and committed to your right not to be
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-12-25 02:03 Section: Daily DispatchesPimp My Ride
On the Road with Ron Paul's
Merry Band of Misfits --
and His Hooker Fan Club
By Tucker Carlson
The New Republic
December 31, 2007
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=83665295-1de6-4571-af9c-0a90f6...
James Turk: Four important charts
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2007-12-24 08:22 Section: Daily Dispatches8:22p ET Monday, December 24, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Crisis may make 1929 look like walk in the park
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-12-22 21:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, December 22, 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/23/cccris...
China seems less willing to be America's piggy bank
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-12-22 12:39 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Floyd Norris
The New York Times
Saturday, December 22, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/business/22charts.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
For the last three years, China has been the financier that kept the American government well funded. In 2004 it bought a fifth of the Treasury securities issued, a proportion that rose to 30 percent in 2005 and to 36 percent in 2006.
Central banks give biggest liquidity boost ever
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-12-21 23:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, December 20, 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/mone...
AngloGold will close its hedge book -- eventually, if it can figure out how to
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-12-21 18:33 Section: Daily DispatchesAngloGold Confirms Hedge Book to Close
From the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald
Friday, December 21, 2007
http://news.smh.com.au/anglogold-confirms-hedge-book-to-close/20071221-1...
The world's third-largest gold producer, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., has confirmed that it will completely close down its hedge book to take advantage of high spot market prices.
As governments shower money on them, banks drop subprime rescue fund
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-12-21 17:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBanks Abandon Super-SIV Plan
By David Enrich and Diya Gullapalli
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, December 21, 2007
The banks orchestrating a bailout of troubled investment vehicles that were hit by the subprime mortgage crisis are throwing in the towel after struggling to raise money for the planned fund, according to people familiar with the matter.
Saudis may start buying real stuff in a big way instead of Treasuries
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-12-21 16:30 Section: Daily DispatchesSaudis Plan Huge Sovereign Wealth Fund
By Henny Sender, David Wighton, and Sundeep Tucker
Financial Times, London
Friday, December 21, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/412752ae-afa4-11dc-b874-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...
Saudi Arabia plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund that is expected to dwarf Abu Dhabi's $900 billion and become the largest in the world.