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Mining-state senators want cap gains tax cut for metals

Section: Daily Dispatches

Crapo, Reid Seek Reductions
in Precious Metals Taxes

Fair Treatment for
Precious Metals Investment Act
Lowers Capital Gains Rate

U.S. Senate Press Release
Tuesday, June 5, 2007

http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=275532

David Bond: Silver Summit 2007 -- a magical mystery tour

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:45p ET Monday, July 2, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The call for the 2007 Silver Summit, to be held in September in the fabled Silver Valley of northern Idaho, was proclaimed today by David Bond, editor of the Silver Valley Mining Journal.

James Turk: The antidote for subprime woes

Section: Daily Dispatches

2p ET Monday, July 2, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Rob Peebles: The CDO flying circus

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rob Peebles
PrudentBear.com
Saturday, June 30, 2007

http://www.prudentbear.com/articles/show/2054

S&P, Moody's masking $200 billion of subprime bond risk

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mark Pittman
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, June 29, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aN4sulHN19xc&

NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings are masking burgeoning losses in the market for subprime mortgage bonds by failing to cut the credit ratings on about $200 billion of securities backed by home loans.

With CDOs, Wall Street sold the world a box of sewage

Section: Daily Dispatches

Does It All Add Up?

By Saskia Scholtes and Gillian Tett
Financial Times, London
Thursday, June 28, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d5f91f6e-2513-11dc-bf47-000b5df10621.html

As head of the financial stability unit at the Banque de France, Imene Rahmouni-Rousseau travelled to America this month to look at the current turmoil in the US subprime mortgage world.

Peter Brimelow: Gold bugs disappointed but keep the faith

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Sunday, July 1, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/love-affair-gold-isnt-over/story.a...

NEW YORK -- Gold disappointed its friends last week. But they've not given up.

A year after defeat, Mexican leftist fades away

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Catherine Bremer
Reuters
Sunday, July 1, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0130818020070701

MEXICO CITY -- The leftist who a year ago was a hair's breadth from winning Mexico's presidency was reduced to political artifact on Sunday, drawing a fraction of his old crowds to an anniversary rally.

Move away from U.S. dollar reserves is still all talk

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Steven C. Johnson
Reuters
Saturday, June 30, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN2959669920070630

NEW YORK -- Central bank holdings of U.S. dollars continue to mount, despite talk of diversification into other currencies, but questions remain about the sustainability of the rise in dollar reserves.

Avoiding 'made in China' labels isn't easy

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dirk Lammers
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Friday, June 29, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_bi_ge/not_made_in_china;_ylt=A...

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