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Freddie Mac gets lawsuit warning from SEC
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-08-18 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brad Foss
Associated Press
Friday, August 13, 2004
http://news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040813/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_15
WASHINGTON -- With so much uncertainty roiling
oil markets these days, analysts say one thing is
clear: The world's supply cushion is perilously thin.
Whether the amount of extra fuel that could be
pumped in a pinch is 1 million barrels a day, as
Oil supply cushion has disappeared, analysts say
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-08-14 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesThe higher oil goes while the gold price
stays down, the more apparent the central
bank intervention in the gold market
becomes....
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Myra P. Saefong
CBSMarketWatch.com
Friday, August 13, 2004
Crude oil futures surpassed $46 a barrel to mark
a fresh historic high in New York with traders
unwilling to sell ahead of a weekend packed with
uncertainties related to violence in Iraq, a
You can still watch ROB-TV interview with Sprott Asset Management''s John Embry
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-08-13 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:50p ET Thursday, August 12, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
A GATA supporter in Canada, Mark Webber, has
provided an excellent account of the remarks
made this week on Report on Business Television
in Canada by our hero John Embry, president of
Sprott Asset Management and manager of its
gold fund. Webber's account is appended.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
''Midas'' commentary for August 12 posted at FinancialSense.com
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-08-13 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches12:35a Friday, August 13, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
If you've got a media player in your PC and a
high-speed Internet connection, you can
watch Sprott Asset Management President
John Embry's interview this week on ROB-TV
in Canada, at least for a few more days while
it is posted at the ROB-TV archive here:
Stunning trade deficit report pushes dollar down hard
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-08-13 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches1:17a ET Friday, August 13, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary
for Thursday, August 12, at LeMetropoleCafe.com
has been posted in the clear at FinancialSense.com
here:
http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/murphy/2004/0812.html
Note especially "Midas" contributor John Brimelow's
Crude rallies above $46 a barrel to a new historic high
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-08-13 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Kyle Peterson
Reuters
Friday, August 13, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?
type=businessNews&storyID=5970501
CHICAGO -- The dollar fell sharply on Friday
following news that the U.S. trade deficit widened
much more than expected in June, calling into
question the health of the U.S. export market and
the broader economy.
Gold''s veterans counsel patience
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2004-08-12 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040811/minerals_iamgold_goldfields_2.html
JOHANNESBURG -- Gold Fields Ltd. plans to take
control of mid-sized Canadian gold firm Iamgold
Corp. in a $2.1 billion deal which will create the
world's seventh biggest gold miner, the firms said
today.
Omaha World-Herald raises the gold issue and cites GATA
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2004-08-12 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Peter Brimelow
CBSMarketWatch.com
Thursday, August 12, 2004
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BD32A1740%2D03F3%
2D4202%2D8182%2DB739DF1C9CAA%7D&siteid=mktw
NEW YORK -- Gold stabs to the much-watched $400
mark, then subsides. And the gold geezers continue
patient.
Patience, in fact, has marked the veterans' approach
John Embry on ROB-TV: Central banks will lose their war on gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2004-08-12 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:28a ET Thursday, August 12, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Thanks to the persistence of GATA supporters
in Nebraska, the Omaha World-Herald published
yesterday a couple of major stories,
wonderfully illustrated, about gold and about
money generally. (Our cause has gotten much
publicity from local and regional news
organizations because of the efforts of our
supporters around the world, so never
Gold Fields to take control of Iamgold, derailing Golden Star''s bid
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-08-11 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ted Butler
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
www.InvestmentRarities.com
Once again the structure of the market, as depicted
by the COTs, foretold the path of least resistance in
gold and currencies. While not intended as a timing
mechanism, the sharp jump in gold and decline in
the U.S. dollar on Friday, August 6, were in
conformity with recent tech hedge fund activity.
The actual trigger was the monthly employment