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Casey Research: Fed already has cut main rate by third of a percent

Section: Daily Dispatches

1a ET Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Casey Research economist Bud Conrad reports that for a month already through its daily bond market operations the Federal Reserve has effectively reduced the Fed Funds interest rate by about a third of a percentage point below the Fed's nominal "target" rate of 5.25 percent.

Ted Butler: Stir it up

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:15p ET Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Countrywide Financial seeking another bailout, NYPost says

Section: Daily Dispatches

Countryslide

By Zachery Kouwe
New York Post
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09112007/business/countryslide.htm

Countrywide Financial Corp. is putting together another multi-billion dollar bailout plan as the nation's largest home lender continues to struggle amid the global credit crunch and declines in the housing market, the Post has learned.

Arrggh! Pirate Capital's Jolly Roger hedge funds sink 80%

Section: Daily Dispatches

Pirate Capital Bars Withdrawals from 2 Hedge Funds

By Katherine Burton
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKe6zEkVFGOg

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Section: Daily Dispatches

6:15p ET Tuesday, September 11, 2007

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Newcrest says its hedge closing supported gold price

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
via Yahoo News
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070911/3/37pa2.html

SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's Newcrest Mining Ltd. said on Tuesday its gold buying spree that scooped more than 2 million ounces of gold in the last few weeks had helped fuel a sharp rise in world bullion prices.

Antal Fekete: Peak gold -- a primer on true hedging, Part II

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:25p ET Monday, September 10, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Russia shuns world gold market but buys domestic production

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, September 10, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/RussiaInvestment07/idUSL1076303620070910

MOSCOW -- Russia has no plans to buy or sell gold in the world market and will continue to build state reserves by purchasing from its main producers, a senior central banker told the Reuters Russia Investment Summit on Monday.

Newcrest to issue $1.6 billion in stock to buy back gold hedges

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tan Hwee Ann
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, September 10, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aId8yLG1WwF8

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Newcrest Mining Ltd. plans to sell A$2 billion ($1.6 billion) of stock to close its hedge book and repay debt as Australia's largest gold-mining company bets on a rising bullion price.

Peter Brimelow: Gold's on a roll -- again

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Monday, September 10, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B4F6D3D50%2D4EB0...

NEW YORK -- Gold on a roll again. Again. Again. But look what happened last time I said that.

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