Daily Dispatches

David Morgan: Short silver

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-04-03 22:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:14p ET Thursday, April 3, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Charges dropped for man who used Liberty Dollars at market

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-04-02 17:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Brian Wallace
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Saturday, March 29, 2008

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/219006

Theft charges against a Clay Township man who paid a utility bill last fall with privately made coins were dropped Friday after the man paid the bill in U.S. currency.

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Giving more power to the Fed is no reform

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-04-02 16:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

5p ET Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

CNN talk show host Glenn Beck yesterday interviewed U.S. Rep. Ron Paul about inflation and the great defect of the Bush administration's market regulation plans: the award of more power to a much too secretive and unaccountable agency, the Federal Reserve. Video of Beck's interview with Paul has been posted at GoldSeek here:

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Ted Butler: Real regulatory reform

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-04-01 12:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:51p ET Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler's new commentary, posted today, reviews the silver futures traders reports, what he calls the latest rigged decline in the silver price, and regulatory reform issues. His commentary is headlined "Real Regulatory Reform" and you can find it at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

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James Turk: Another look at the bull market in commodities

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-04-01 12:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:45p ET Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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Dollar's decline hasn't shaken Arab central bankers yet

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-03-31 21:21 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Matthew Brown
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, March 31, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=auiN1nCBZano&refer=home

DUBAI -- Central bankers in the Middle East are proving that the U.S. dollar's decline to record lows is a small price to pay for the loyalty -- and oil money -- of their biggest Western ally.

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Dollar can be weak, strong at same time, ex-Treasury official ... er, explains

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-03-31 21:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Susan Fenton
Reuters
Monday, March 31, 2008

http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINHKG3018120080331

HONG KONG -- The dollar is likely to remain under pressure for the next few months at least, but its weakness is not inconsistent with the Bush administration's strong dollar policy, former U.S. Treasury undersecretary Tim Adams said on Monday.

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Central bank currency riggers buy dollars sold by central bank investment arms

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-03-31 21:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
Reuters
Monday, March 31, 2008

http://in.reuters.com/article/asiaCompanyAndMarkets/idINN314161642008033...

NEW YORK -- Global central banks' currency reserves rose at the end of the fourth quarter, while the dollar's share of these holdings edged up despite claims of steady diversification away from dollar assets.