Daily Dispatches

11:41a ET Monday, October 13, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA is mentioned today in commentary in the South African business newspaper Business Day. It's in an essay written by Jean Temkin, it's headlined "Gold Will Thrive on Dollar Flight," and you can find it here:

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A862031

By The Associated Press
via MSNBC.com
Sunday, October 12, 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27150961/

NEW YORK -- A watched clock never moves -- unless it's the National Debt Clock.

In fact, the digital counter has been moving so much that it recently ran out of digits to display the ballooning figure: $10,150,603,734,720, or roughly $10.2 trillion, as of Saturday afternoon.

6:20p ET Sunday, October 12, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his "Got Gold Report" at Resource Investor tonight, Gene Arensberg reflects on the disparity between the paper and physical gold markets and the rise in holdings of the gold exchange-traded fund. Arensberg's report is headlined "Market Mayhem Continues, Silver Crushed," and you can find it here:

By Greg Keller
Associated Press
Sunday, October 12, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_crisis_summit;...

PARIS -- Countries that use the euro will temporarily guarantee future bank debt to encourage lending and ease the credit crunch, according to a draft statement under discussion by European leaders Sunday.