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David Ranson and Penny Russell: Money meltdown

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Ranson and Penny Russell
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, July 5, 2007

Join GATA at the New Orleans Investment Conference in October

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:40p ET Thursday, July 5, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA will have a big part in this year's New Orleans Investment Conference, scheduled for Sunday-Thursday, October 21-25.

Jim Sinclair: 13 reasons to be terrified of OTC derivatives

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jim Sinclair
JSMineset.com
Thursday, July 5, 2007
http://www.jsmineset.com

Conde Nast's magazine, "Portfolio -- Business Intelligence," recently carried a story that is shocking even to me. I do not know where they got their numbers but I suspect that they fact-check their articles. The title is "$300 Trillion Time Bomb."

Newmont spends $578 million to close gold hedges early

Section: Daily Dispatches

Company Press Release
via PRNewswire
Thursday, July 5, 2007

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070705/lath054.html?.v=101

DENVER -- Newmont Mining Corp. today announced the elimination of its entire 1.85 million-ounce gold hedge position, establishing the company as the world's largest unhedged gold producer.

Credit derivatives blowup threatens Italian bank

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/03/bcnita...

A derivative blow-up at the Italian bank Italease has sent tremors through Milan's banking fraternity and exposed the hidden dangers of exotic credit instruments.

A mortgage-securities hedge fund suspends redemptions

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Vikas Bajaj
The New York Times
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/business/04bonds.html?_r=1&ref=business&o

In another sign that troubles in the mortgage market are spreading, a prominent hedge fund that specializes in bonds backed by home loans has suspended redemption requests by investors.

Ted Butler: The raptors rumble

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:15p ET Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Credit crunch will 'shred investment portfolios to ribbons'

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/02/bcncru...

The near collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds has lifted the rock on our 21st century mutant capitalism, exposing the bugs beneath to a rare shock of naked light.

Ron Paul honored in metal in advance of his election

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:49p ET Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Teck Cominco offers 29% premium for Aur Resources

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
via Yahoo News
Tuesday, July 2, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/bs_nm/teck_aur_dc;_ylt=AqFVv0t2igQa2...

TORONTO -- Teck Cominco said on Tuesday it would buy Aur Resources in a friendly cash and stock offer worth C$4.1 billion ($3.87 billion), boosting the base metal giant's copper production.

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