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Market analyst Grandich supports GATA in Canadian TV interview

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:28p ET Monday, October 24, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bloomberg News Service's Caroline Baum has
written a column, appended here, ridiculing
suggestions that the U.S. government might
be more involved in the equities, currency,
and gold markets than it lets on. While the
column is disappointing as journalism --
after all, journalism would consist of
requests for access to Federal Reserve and

''Helicopter Money'' Bernanke to replace Greenspan at Fed, AP says

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:53p ET Sunday, October 23, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The news story from India appended here shows the
ordinary and candid work of one particular central
bank that, fearing competition from gold, seeks to
discourage gold ownership among individuals and to
steer their wealth into paper financial instruments
instead.

The argument over just how productive and socially
useful gold is as an investment is an old one, but

Bloomberg''s Caroline Baum ridicules suggestions of market rigging

Section: Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
Monday, October 24, 2005

WASHINGTON -- President Bush picks Ben Bernanke,
chairman of the president's Council of Economic
Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan as Fed
chairman, according to an administration official.

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James Turk: Tangible assets are better than promises

Section: Daily Dispatches

Just think how they could help
disinfect a stinky financial system.....

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From United Press International
Saturday, October 22, 2005

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051022-022143-1679r

LONDON -- Tiny fragments of silver woven in cloth used for underwear
could end smelly undergarments, says a British underwear

Fearing competition, India''s central bank stalls gold market liberalization

Section: Daily Dispatches

6p ET Sunday, October 23, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

James Turk, editor of the Freemarket Gold and
Money Report and founder of GoldMoney, has
written some reflections on the collapse of the
Refco brokerage house. He concludes that it
is better to own tangible assets that someone's
promises. You can find his essay in the
"Founder's Commentary" box at the top left
of the GoldMoney home page here:

Silver fragments help end smelly underwear

Section: Daily Dispatches

Rogers Fund Halts Redemptions Due to Refco

By Herbert Lash
Reuters
Thursday, October 20, 2005

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?
type=bondsNews&storyID=2005-10-
20T191035Z_01_N20537083_RTRIDST_0_FINANCIAL-REFCO-ROGERS-UPDATE-2.XML

NEW YORK -- A fund that tracks a commodities index created by

The National Post gives a long sneer to Eric Sprott, and that''s a great start

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:44a ET Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tomorrow's Asia Times, published in Hong Kong,
reprints from an Internet journal, Japan Focus,
a long article about the latest report by John
Embry and Andrew Hepburn of Sprott Asset
Management in Toronto, "Move Over, Adam Smith:
The Visible Hand of Uncle Sam." The Sprott
report, as you may remember, compiled the

Even the biggest of paper''s big shots are only as good as their counterparties

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:34a ET Thursday, October 20, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tuesday's National Post in Canada gave a long
sneer to Eric Sprott, chief executive of
Sprott Asset Management in Toronto and colleague
of John Embry. That sneer was a lot easier than
doing some investigative reporting about the
evidence and conclusions contained in Sprott's
reports about government intervention in the
gold and equities markets. But better a sneer

Asia learns of Sprott report on U.S. government intervention in stock market

Section: Daily Dispatches

Financial Express, Mumbai
Monday, October 17, 2005

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=105940

The Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) committee has
recommended allowing mutual funds (MFs) to launch Gold Exchange
Traded Fund Schemes (GETFs) in India. It has suggested that MFs

Praise for GATA''s presentation at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Hamish Risk
Bloomberg News Service
Sunday, October 16, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000006&sid=aTupI6O.rkeo&refer=home

Refco Inc., the futures broker that's under investigation for
securities fraud, may be split in two as Goldman Sachs Group Inc.,
its financial adviser, seeks takeover offers, three people familiar

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