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Mining in South Africa: Deep, dark, and dangerous
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-10-12 12:07 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Michelle Faul
Associated Press
via Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg
Thursday, October 11, 2007
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__...
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's gold companies, already mining at the world's deepest depths, are looking to plumb even deeper veins in a new gold rush spurred by record prices.
Nickel may become Canada's new penny
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-10-12 11:49 Section: Daily DispatchesPity the Poor Penny;
Most Say It's Not Worth
the Copper It's Minted With
By the Canadian Press
Thursday, October 11, 2007
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hbg2kHxN1BrcQ8FPMr6FoQu4eYuw
OTTAWA -- Canadians have given the Royal Canadian Mint more than their two cents worth about what they can do with that ubiquitous brown coin filling jars around the house.
John Crudele: Did Paulson tip Wall Street after meeting Bernanke?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2007-10-11 10:56 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, October 11, 2007
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10112007/business/market_sos_to_the_sec.htm
Did Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke give away any secrets to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson when the two had an hour-long lunch on Aug. 16?
And did Paulson share what he and Bernanke discussed with anyone in the hours immediately after that lunch?
Bill Fleckenstein: PPT lets outsiders in to quell market-rigging suspicions
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2007-10-11 01:06 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Bill Fleckenstein
MSN Money
Monday, October 1, 2007
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/ContrarianChronicles/Rece...
Central bank gold sales fell 25 tonnes short; Bundesbank opts out
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2007-10-11 00:40 Section: Daily DispatchesCentral Banks Sold 475.75 Tonnes
in Gold Agreement's Third Year
From Reuters
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSL1010745820071010
Academic roots for more rigging of currency markets
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2007-10-10 23:09 Section: Daily DispatchesHow to Prevent a Rout of the Declining Dollar
By Jeffrey Garten
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8c0004a-7760-11dc-9de8-0000779fd2ac.html
Ron Paul heads for the belly of the beast on Friday ...
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-10-09 21:34 Section: Daily Dispatches... and it probably won't take much to persuade him to talk about the gold-price suppression scheme -- just $1,000:
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/events/new-york-city-evening
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Bureau of Labor Statistics to replace toilet paper with corn cobs in CPI
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-10-09 21:22 Section: Daily DispatchesFed's Poole Sees No Dollar Impact on Inflation
From Reuters
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSWAT00824620071010
ST. LOUIS -- Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis President William Poole said on Tuesday that the depreciation of the dollar should not hit inflation, owing to the limited pass-through from the currency via import prices.
Adrian Ash: Gold and the end of history's holiday
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-10-09 21:03 Section: Daily Dispatches9p ET Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
John Crudele: Who's Ben chatting with about the economy?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-10-09 14:58 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Crudele
New York Post
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10092007/business/whos_ben_chatting_with_abo...
Is this any way to run a country?
The government on Friday reported the employment numbers for September and they were better than Wall Street expected, which caused a rally in the stock market but trashed government bonds.