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''We know money,'' AIG boasts, but -- ooops -- they just misplaced $1.7 billion

Section: Daily Dispatches

IMF Presses Case for Gold Sales
to Help Relieve Debt Burden

By Andrew Balls
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, March 30, 2005

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/64d0dcee-a146-11d9-95e5-00000e2511c8.html

WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund believes the best way
to provide more debt relief for the world's poorest countries is for

Audio interview with James Turk, author of ''The Coming Collapse of the Dollar''

Section: Daily Dispatches

These are the gangsters who, until last year,
controlled the silver market on the U.S.
commodities exchanges....

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AIG Accounting May Have
Overstated Worth by $1.7 Billion

By David Plumb and Jesse Westbrook
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, March 31, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000006&sid=a1fPWNXLlbs0&refer=home

South African gold companies pushed into survival mode

Section: Daily Dispatches

Analysts Expect Indian Plan
to Tap Idle Gold to Move Slowly

From Reuters via The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar
Sunday, March 27, 205

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?
section=Business_News&subsection=market+news&month=March2005&file=Bus
iness_News200503272282.xml

MUMBAI -- For housewife Arpita Mohan, giving up her gold ornaments

Malaysia''s former prime minister urges businesses to get out of dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jackie Range
Dow Jones Newswires
Monday, March 28, 2005

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050329/15/3rjq2.html

LONDON -- Drilling deep underground in dark, hot, and wet conditions,
South Africa's gold miners may have little idea their industry is
facing its biggest challenge yet miles above their heads.

While rival companies with dollar-based costs bask in a high gold

Peter Schiff: The world could get along just fine without freeloading Americans

Section: Daily Dispatches

By B.K. Sidhu, Muguntan Vanar,
and Ruben Sario
The Star
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Wednesday, March 30, 3005

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?
file=/2005/3/30/business/10547137&sec=business

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia -- The U.S. dollar is facing an imminent
collapse, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad warned yesterday.

The former prime minister told a conference of some 650 chief

James Turk rebuts Tim Wood on gold''s failure to keep up with commodity prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold May Rise, Spurred by
Speculation Inflation Will Accelerate

By Choy Leng Yeong
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, March 28, 2005

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=email_us&refer=commodity_futures&sid=a_BQoE.Me208

SEATTLE -- Gold may rebound from a six-week low on speculation that
inflation will accelerate and boost the allure of the precious metal

India to announce plan for paperizing its gold market next month

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:05p ET Monday, March 28, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder James Turk, editor of
the Freemarket Gold & Money Report and
consultant to GATA, has rebutted Resource
Investor's Tim Wood on whether gold's
failure to keep pace with commodity
prices is evidence of central bank
intervention in the gold market. Turk's
rebuttal, published in FGMR's latest
issue, is reprinted at GoldSeek.com

Oh, how the bankers want to get their hands on India''s ''idle'' gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

The Telegraph, Calcutta
Monday, March 28, 2005

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050329/asp/business/story_4546548.asp

NEW DELHI -- The government will announce a comprehensive,
liberalised, and user-friendly gold policy next month,
commerce secretary S.N. Menon said here today.

The policy is likely to help mutual funds and banks invest

International Herald Tribune sees grim outlook for dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

4p ET Saturday, March 26, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary for
Friday at LeMetropoleCafe.com has been posted in
the clear at GoldSeek. It describes the planning
for GATA's Gold Rush 21 conference in Dawson City,
Yukon, in August, and you can find it at
GoldSeek.com here:

http://news.goldseek.com/LemetropoleCafe/1111940460.php

Hedge funds are the new sensations of Wall Street, NY Times reports

Section: Daily Dispatches

A Blend of Risks Makes Dollar's Outlook Grim;
Traders' Pessimism Could Bring Selloff

By David Altman
International Herald Tribune, Paris
Sunday, March 27, 2005

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/27/business/dollar.html

Is the writing on the wall for the U.S. dollar? Researchers at one
big fund manager say it is, but the markets haven't read along just

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