Daily Dispatches

Why high gold prices haven't led to more production

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-04-17 00:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Fabrice Taylor
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080416.RVOX16/TPStory...

Ask an economist what happens to the supply of a commodity as its price rises and he'll tell you it eventually goes up as producers try to take advantage of good times.

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Prices soaring as biggest grain exporters halt foreign sales

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-04-16 00:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Javier Blas, Isabel Gorst, and Lindsay Whipp
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/38cd4d58-0b15-11dd-8ccf-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

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Ted Butler: Super concentration

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-04-15 23:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50p ET Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler reports that the concentration of the short positions in the gold and silver markets now appears to have reached an astounding level, a measure of the manipulation under way there. His new commentary, "Super Concentration," can be found at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

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G-7 may have to do more than talk to stop dollar's slide

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-04-13 23:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Simon Kennedy
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, April 14,2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRlmeTO1Ceag&refer=home

Group of Seven officials, signaling concern over a sliding dollar for the first time in 13 years, may have to match talk with action before the currency stages a sustained rebound.

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James Turk: The dollar hasn't bounced

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-04-13 23:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

11p ET Sunday, April 13, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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John Browne: Gold might be shaking off central bank shackles

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-04-13 10:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

A Toast to Gold Power

By John Browne
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sunday, April 13, 2008

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/Browne...

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Weak dollar caused oil's rise, OPEC president says

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-04-12 22:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Natalie Obiko Pearson
Dow Jones Newswires
via TradingMarkets.com
Saturday, April 12, 2008

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1354648/

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Chavez says IMF is selling gold cheap

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-04-12 22:39 Section: Daily Dispatches

From The Associated Press
Saturday, April 12, 2008

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080412/venezuela_us_finance_meetings.html?.v=1

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that his government could afford to buy some of the International Monetary Fund's gold reserves as the Washington-based lender faces hard times.