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Elizabeth MacDonald: Auto bailout saves Wall Street too

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Elizabeth MacDonald
Fox Business News, New York
Friday, December 19, 2008

http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/12/19/auto-bailout-saves-wall-str...

The White House today put forth a plan to loan the automakers a total of $17.4 billion, after a bruising debate in Congress and Detroit.

Join GATA at the Vancouver conference Jan. 25-26

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:11p ET Friday, December 12, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra: The only good money left is precious

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:09p ET Friday, December 19, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra's column tonight at Stockhouse examines backwardation in gold and silver, cites GATA, and speculates that the precious metals are becoming the last good money. Calandra's column is headlined "Only Good Money Left Is Precious" and you can find it at Stockhouse here:

GATA Chairman Murphy reports on meeting with CFTC

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Thursday, December 18, 2008

About 45 minutes before I was to leave for my meeting with Commissioner Bart Chilton of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, this news hit the tape:

"Obama to appoint Gary Gensler to lead Commodities Futures Trading Commission -- AP."

Richard Benson: U.S. govt. may grab your gold if you're not careful

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:45p ET Thursday, December 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Antal Fekete: Backward thinking on backwardation

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:30p ET Thursday, December 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fed loans are guided by raters who touted subprime debt

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alison Fitzgerald
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 18, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=af32G4ayfLQY&refer=home

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is basing hundreds of billions in emergency lending on credit ratings from companies that gave AAA grades to toxic securities.

Devaluations continue as Japan prepares to sell yen

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stanley White
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 18, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ar3TlpiLIzqY&refer=home

TOKYO -- The yen fell from near a 13-year high against the dollar after Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa signaled the nation is ready to sell the currency.

Thom Calandra: Tipping point as gold virus spreads

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:45p ET Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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