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Top Wall Streeters charged in 'pervasive' insider trading ring

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Larry Neumeister
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, March 1, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_bi_ge/securities_fraud

Husband and wife lawyers and 11 top Wall Street workers were charged Thursday with making more than $15 million in illegal trading profit through an alleged federal securities fraud scheme, authorities said.

Commodities exchange computer glitch story was a spoof

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:43p ET Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As yen carry trade unwinds, U.S. interest rate cut is anticipated

Section: Daily Dispatches

Yen May Gain for Fourth Day
vs. Dollar, Euro on Sales Data

By Min Zeng
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a6BAJ8Esjf4A

NEW YORK -- The yen may rise for a fourth day against the dollar and euro before a government report that is forecast to show retail sales in Japan rebounded last month.

Computer glitch suppressed gold price since 1995

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Rooters
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyenoughnews/idUSL2724139820070227

NEW YORK -- A computer glitch has been understating the price of gold by thousands of dollars per ounce since 1995, the New York Mercantile Exchange announced today in a statement on behalf of its Comex division.

GATA Director Wistar Holt to host reception during PDAC in Toronto

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:53p ET Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Britain's public employees face raises below inflation rates

Section: Daily Dispatches

Review Backs Below-Inflation Pay Raises

By Ben Hall and Nicholas Timmins
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cde23602-c6a5-11db-8f4f-000b5df10621.html

More than 1 million doctors, nurses, and other public sector workers face real terms pay cuts after the review bodies that recommended their salaries have proposed below-inflation pay increases.

Computer problem exaggerated Dow's plunge

Section: Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070227/wall_street_what_happened.html?.v=5

Market plunge doesn't scare gold advocates Grandich and Sinclair

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:22p ET Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend Peter Grandich of the The Grandich Letter this afternoon issued some urgent commentary about gold's place amid today's turmoil in world markets. Grandich writes of gold:

Blanchard research note: Why it's time to load up on gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Neal R. Ryan
Vice President and Research Director
Blanchard Economic Research Unit
Blanchard & Co., New Orleans
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

http://www.blanchardonline.com/

There were serious losses today across the board in stocks and commodities.

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