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Anybody else want to run the IMF?

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-05-14 23:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

Just because you can do it to the whole world doesn't mean you can do it to a hotel maid.

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New York Police Question IMF Head in Hotel Sex Assault

By Colleen Long
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Saturday, May 14, 2011

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Issue No. 5 of the Gold Standard Institute's newsletter

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-05-14 22:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:33p ET Saturday, May 14, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Issue No. 5 of the Gold Standard Institute's newsletter has essays on the misapprehension that currencies are money, gold confiscation, the "real bills" doctrine, and several other topics. You can find it here:

http://www.goldstandardinstitute.net/GSI/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TheG...

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With King World News, Jim Rickards muses on getting the dollar back to gold

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-05-14 22:29 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:23p ET Saturday, May 14, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Weekly precious metals review at King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-05-14 21:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:55p ET Saturday, May 14, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Miners pare their hedging positions as gold soars

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-05-13 23:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Matt Day
Dow Jones Newswires
via The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110513-716995.html

Gold producers continued to head for the exits in the metals markets last year, bowing to pressure from investors who want to reap the full benefits of soaring prices.

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Griffiths, Yamada offer sky-high gold, silver predictions at King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-05-13 21:56 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:48p ET Friday, May 13, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

After a lousy two weeks, gold and silver investors may deserve some visions of sugarplums, and King World News has them tonight.

First is an interview with Cazenove market analyst Robin Griffiths, who thinks silver could go to $450 and gold to $12,000:

http://tinyurl.com/3wptav4

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Gold and silver snapped up by bullish Indians

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-05-13 21:06 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jack Farchy and James Fontanella-Khan
Financial Times, London
Friday, May 13, 2011

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f234af36-7d84-11e0-b418-00144feabdc0.html

The sharp drop in gold and silver prices has stimulated a surge in buying from India in a sign that consumers in the world's largest gold-buying country retain faith in the decade-long bull story for precious metals.

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For illegally withholding gold information, Fed pays GATA

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-05-13 16:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:37p ET Friday, May 13, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

The Federal Reserve System this week paid GATA $2,870 in attorney's fees and costs for illegally withholding a gold-related document GATA sought in its federal freedom-of-information request and lawsuit against the Fed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.