Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
Thursday February 10, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050210/gold_fight_7.html

TORONTO -- Shareholders in Goldcorp Inc. spurned an aggressive Nevada-
based gold producer Thursday as they voted in favor of a $1.9 billion
buyout of Wheaton River Minerals of Vancouver.

The Wheaton River deal was approved by about 65 percent at a special

8:30p ET Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Reuters story appended here about IMF gold
sales may be most interesting for the observations
of the Canadian gold market analyst Martin
Murenbeeld, who speculates that any gold sold
will be sold to central banks, particularly those
with large surpluses of U.S. dollars. Thus the
gold would remain in official hands and never

By John M. Berry
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, February 9, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000039&refer=columnist_berry&sid=a9Y0rAfhiA4g

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking in London last
week, put the best face he could on the outlook for the burgeoning
U.S. current account deficit.

Currency markets, perhaps misled by the seemingly hopeful tone of

By Lewa Pardomuan
Reuters
Monday, February 7, 2005

http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?
type=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7553117

SINGAPORE -- Gold sales by the International Monetary Fund for third-
world debt relief could weaken bullion prices over the longer run
but any dip could be temporary because of strong demand at lower