Daily Dispatches

Mint News Blog: U.S. Mint suspends collector coin production

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-10-06 18:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:27p CT Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Mike Zielinski of the Mint News Blog reports today that because of high demand for gold and silver coins, the U.S. Mint has suspended production of gold and silver collector coins so that it may concentrate on bullion coins. You can read Zielinski's report here:

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New documents from Zero Hedge show longtime U.S. fear of oil trade's dollar dump

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-10-06 13:50 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:45p ET Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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MarketWatch quotes Grandich, Spina on oil's dollar dump

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-10-06 09:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Potential End of Dollar-Based Oil Deals Lifts Gold

By Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch.com
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/potential-end-of-dollar-based-oil-deals...

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Saudis, Russians, Kuwaitis deny oil dollar-dump plan

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-10-06 08:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Camilla Hall
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, August 6, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=apt5We30uqlA

DUBAI -- Saudi Arabia hasn't held talks with China and other countries on dropping the dollar as the currency for pricing oil, Saudi Central Bank Governor Muhammad al-Jasser said, denying a report in the U.K.'s Independent newspaper.

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Gene Arensberg: Comex commercials confident in lower gold

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 23:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:12p ET Monday, October 5, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Gene Arensberg's "Got Gold Report" for Brien Lundin's Gold Newsletter (www.GoldNewsletter.com) has been excerpted and posted in the clear at Stockhouse, headlined "Comex Commercials Confident in Lower Gold Prices," and you can find it here:

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Reuters follows Independent's story on oil's dollar dump

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 22:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

Gulf in Talks for Replacing Dollar for Oil: Report

By Wayne Cole
Reuters
Monday, October 5, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE59507620091006

SYDNEY -- Britain's The Independent newspaper Tuesday reported that Gulf Arab states were in secret talks with Russia, China, Japan, and France to replace the U.S. dollar with a basket of currencies in the trading of oil.

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Fed, news service argue IDing banks that got emergency loans

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 20:13 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mark Pittman
Bloomberg News
Monday, October 5, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aPXkf9Z0xZ4A

NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve should be forced to identify companies that received loans from the central bank because it can' demonstrate that borrowers would be harmed by the disclosure, according to lawyers who won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

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Arabs, Asia, Russia said planning to drop dollar in oil trade

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 19:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

The Demise of the Dollar

In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia, and France to stop using the U.S. currency for oil trading.

By Robert Fisk
The Independent, London
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar...