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Barrick chairman speculates China will dump dollars for gold

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Gold LIkely to Hit New Highs on Dollar Fear: Barrick

By Barbara Lewis
Reuters
Thursday, January 29, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldEconomicNews/idUSLT65165320090129

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Gold is likely to hit new record highs, spurred by serious concern about the U.S. currency and doubt about the state of the world economy, the chairman of Barrick Gold Corp. said Thursday.

Peter Brimelow: Is gold really pausing?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Is-gold-really-pausing/story.aspx?...

NEW YORK -- Mark Hulbert and the radical gold bugs agree: Gold could be pausing.

Gold gaining investors as U.S. prints trillions

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By Frank Tang and Jennifer Ablan
Reuters
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

http://uk.reuters.com/article/personalFinanceNews/idUKLNE50R00P20090128

NEW YORK -- Gold, the traditional safe haven in times of economic turmoil, proved to be more a commodity that everyone loved to hate last year even amid the turbulence that engulfed world markets.

Another way to pretend that you're investing in gold

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Osmium Offers New Share Class Denominated in Gold

By Alistair Barr and Steve Goldstein
MarketWatch.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/osmium-unveils-new-share-class/sto...

Russian Prime Minister Putin urges end to dollar's stranglehold

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/davos/4376315/Russian-p...

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has called for concerted action to break the stranglehold of the US dollar and create a new global structure of regional powers.

Fed keeps rates at zero and prepares to monetize debt

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By Craig Torres
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXsP9Q.VvA.U&refer=home

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve left the benchmark interest rate as low as zero and said it's prepared to purchase longer-term Treasury securities to resuscitate lending and the economy.

NY Fed's new president is former Goldman, Morgan executive

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Dudley to Succeed Geithner at New York Fed

By Kristina Cooke
Reuters
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50Q0SN20090127

NEW YORK -- William Dudley, the head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank's markets group, has been chosen to succeed Timothy Geithner as president of the regional Fed bank, a source familiar with the decision said on Monday.

Thom Calandra: Hard-Asset'ers -- quotes that 'plata' our day

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:11p CT Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra's "ThomWatch" column at Stockhouse today quotes some remarks made at the recent gold conferences in Vancouver and lauds GATA's work, for which we're grateful. Calandra's column is headlined "Hard-Asset'ers -- Quotes that 'Plata' Our Day," and you can find it at Stockhouse here:

James Turk: Restoring sound money in America

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:27p PT Monday, January 26, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler: Madman across the water

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:27p PT Monday, January 26, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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