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Wars are fought to keep oil under dollar''s control

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Wilmerding

Enron, telecom, and the other unprecedented U.S. corporate
financial scandals were the warning sign. But government didn't
act, partly because Enron and the windfall profits generated by
manipulating California fuel prices in 2000 helped (s)elect Bush
into the White House. And everything the president has done
since then has been in favor of profits for the big corporate

Peter Brimelow gets comment on where gold and its shares are going

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:27p ET Sunday, March 21, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Urgent new commentaries at Gold-Eagle by Richard
Russell of Dow Theory Letters:

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... and by Jay Taylor of J Taylor's Gold and
Technology Stocks newsletter:

a href=http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_04/taylor032304.htmlhttp://www.gol...

This year''s gold producer de-hedging is forecast to be greater than last''s

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold bugs or gold bulls?

By Peter Brimelow
CBSMarketWatch.com
Monday, March 22, 2004

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NEW YORK -- quot;The REAL Gold Bull Market?quot; cheerfully proposed
gold friend Bill Buckner of The Privateer in his Saturday comment,

Commentaries by Richard Russell and Jay Taylor at Gold-Eagle

Section: Daily Dispatches

Japanese Authorities May Cease Yen-Selling Interventions

By Jim Sinclair
Saturday, March 20, 2004
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Informed discussions in Japan concerning the possibility
that the Bank of Japan might cease intervention in the
yen is being seen in the currency trading fraternity as a
possible trap for the dollar bears.

But reports of these discussions lend credence to my

Terrorist leader isn''t surrounded; the U.S. dollar is

Section: Daily Dispatches

Barrick brass in line for golden handshakes

ByPeter Kennedy
Globe and Mail, Toronto
Friday, March 19, 2004

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VANCOUVER -- Senior executives at Barrick Gold Corp.
could receive roughly $12-million in total payouts if

Get Morgan Chase out of mine management; and another insight from Ted Butler

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:45a ET Saturday, March 20, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A news flash that Osama bin Laden's deputy in the
terrorist organization al Qaeda was surrounded in a
battle in Pakistan was used to stall the rally in the
gold price Thursday. Today, with most markets
closed, the news has changed. As Reuters reorts in
the story appended here, whoever is surrounded in
Pakistan is someone else.

James Turk''s analysis: Gold is breaking out of flag pattern

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:15p ET Saturday, March 20, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Prompted by Ted Butler's appeal to silver mining company
shareholders to urge company managements to start holding
cash balances in silver, thereby tightening the physical
market and countering the market-manipulating short
sellers, GATA's friend Gus writes:

* * *

quot;I would add one item to Ted Butler's list of things that

What is Japan up to with the dollar and gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:48p ET Saturday, March 20, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant James Turk, editor of The Freemarket
Gold amp; Money Report and proprietor of GoldMoney.com,
has published today some technical analysis headlined
quot;Gold Rises Five Days in a Row.quot;

Turk observes: quot;Gold appears to be breaking out of the flag
pattern that has formed over the last two months. Note that

Statistics lie on the true cost of living: Robert Kuttner

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:19p ET Saturday, March 20, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As always there are some great commentaries posted
at Gold-Eagle today but these two may be worth
special attention:

quot;Japan's Abrupt About-Facequot; by GATA consultant
James Turk:

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And quot;The Message Behind the Japanese Central Bank's

Sinclair raises selling targets in gold-trading strategy

Section: Daily Dispatches

Statistics Lie On The True Cost Of Living

By Robert Kuttner
The Boston Globe
Thursday, March 18, 2004

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What is the matter with the whiny American voters?

They keep telling pollsters that they think America is

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