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Mike Kosares: What if you'd been waiting in line at Northern Rock?

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By Michael Kosares
Centennial Precious Metals, Denver
www.USAGold.com
Sunday, September 23, 2007

Who is at risk in Alan Greenspan's "Age of Turbulence? (And we should not doubt for a minute that we do
indeed live in an age of unprecedented turbulence.)

Is it the Federal Reserve?

No, the Fed suffers no ramifications for any of its actions or pronouncements.

How Bank of England was compelled to rescue Northern Rock

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Did the Bank of England
Cave In to Political Pressure?

By Iain Dey
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, September 23, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/09/23/ccbank...

It was late on Tuesday afternoon when Mervyn King summoned the chief executives of Britain's top five banks to a meeting that night at the Bank of England.

OPEC sees oil price rise offsetting dollar's fall

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From Reuters
Sunday, September 23, 2007

http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-29672620070923

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The surge in oil prices to record highs will shield OPEC nations, some of which peg their currencies to the U.S. dollar, from current dollar weakness, a Saudi newspaper quoted OPEC sources as saying on Saturday.

Gold's rise mystifies The New York Times

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Gold, Again, Becomes a Shield Against the Unknown

By Conrad De Aenlle
The New York Times
Sunday, September 23, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/business/yourmoney/23gold.html?_r=1&

Master of the Universe (retired)

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By Alan Beattie
Financial Times, London
Saturday, September 22, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7198d398-6659-11dc-9fbb-0000779fd2ac.html

"The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World"
By Alan Greenspan
Allen Lane, L25, 531 pages
FT bookshop price: L20

Gary North: Bernanke has snookered us all

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1:20p ET Saturday, September 22, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fears for global economy propel gold price

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, September 22, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/09/22/cngold...

The moment every gold bug has been waiting for finally arrived this week when "Barbaric Relic" smashed through resistance to close the week at a 27-year high of $737 an ounce on the London PM Fix.

The credit crisis could be just beginning

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By Jon D. Markman
TheStreet.com
Friday, September 21, 2007

http://www.thestreet.com/s/the-credit-crisis-could-be-just-beginning/new...

Satyajit Das is laughing. It appears I have said something very funny, but I have no idea what it was. My only clue is that the laugh sounds somewhat pitying.

Despite gains, gold lacks broad investor appeal

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By Muralikumar Anantharaman
Reuters
Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1931204120070920

BOSTON -- Many investors are mystified by gold and aren't warming to it even as prices hit 28-year highs and the world's top producer says market conditions are a positive "perfect storm" for the precious metal.

If Canadians could play REAL football, they'd be dangerous now

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Loonie Reaches Parity with Greenback

By Jackie Farwell
Associated Press
Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_bi_ge/dollar;_ylt=ApQrjjk.bP7K...

NEW YORK -- For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, the loonie can buy as much as the greenback.

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