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Europe surprised at Bank of England's rescue of Northern Rock

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tony Barber and Gillian Tett
Financial Times, London
via Yahoo News
Friday, September 14, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20070914/bs_ft/fto091420071829453431;_ylt=AgB...

Britain sees a bank run

Section: Daily Dispatches

Northern Rock Customers Queue for Cash

By Emma Thelwell
The Telegraph, London
Friday, September 14, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=XBV5D2AH3XHJZQFIQ...

The credit crisis spilled onto Britain's high streets today as worried Northern Rock customers queued up to withdraw their savings.

John Embry: Lending crisis sets U.S. dollar on fatal course

Section: Daily Dispatches

9a ET Friday, September 14, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mint suspends gold coin sales pending price increase

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold American Eagle Sales Suspended

From Numismatic News, Cincinnati, Ohio
Thursday, September 13, 2007

http://www.numismaticnews.net/Default.aspx?tabid=459&articleid=7914&arti...

Sales of some 2007 gold American Eagles were suspended by the U.S. Mint late Thursday, Sept. 13, due to the rising price of gold bullion on international markets.

Andy Mukherjee: Rising euro is just what China needs to dump dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andy Mukherjee
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, September 14, 2007

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mukher...

SINGAPORE -- Juxtapose China's latest trade statistics with a strengthening euro and you get a very real possibility of significantly quicker appreciation in the yuan against the U.S. dollar.

Bank of England plans unprecedented bailout of mortgage lender

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Thal Larsen and Neil Hume
Financial Times, London
Thursday, September 13, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6cdb3a98-6236-11dc-bdf6-0000779fd2ac.html

The Bank of England will on Friday bail out Northern Rock by providing emergency funding to the beleaguered mortgage lender, which has fallen victim to the liquidity squeeze in the banking sector.

GATA board member Catherine Austin Fitts opens investment advisory firm

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:45p ET Thursday, September 13, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Board of Directors member Catherine Austin Fitts, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has opened an investment advisory firm in Tennessee whose announcement is appended. Let's wish her the best.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

David Bond: Silver goodies part of Silver Summit 2007

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:30p ET Thursday, September 13, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Presidential candidate Ron Paul: Central banks rig gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:57a ET Thursday, September 13, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has told journalist Peter Brimelow that the central banks are manipulating the gold market and all sorts of markets besides.

Central bank intervention against gold cited on CNBC

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:57a ET Thursday, September 13, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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