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Japan considers ending currency intervention; U.S. Treasury won''t comment
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2004-03-15 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesIf Newmont merged with Barrick ...
What-if scenario
David Berman
Financial Post (National Post), Canada
Thursday, March 11, 2004
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In a what-if scenario that could make gold bugs drool
with excitement, an analyst at National Bank Financial
Metals shares fall even as gold nears $400 again; analyst sees $433 in May
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2004-03-15 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatchesa href=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsamp;storyID=4571061...
NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) -- The Bank of Japan
is mulling ending its massive yen-selling interventions
in the currency market by the end of March, the Nihon
Keizai Shimbun reported from Tokyo in its early
Tuesday edition.
quot;Some central bank officials predict that it will walk away
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Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2004-03-15 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesGold gains ground as dollar weakens;
Metal may make run at January's $433 high, analyst says
By Myra P. Saefong
CBS.MarketWatch.com
Monday, March 15, 2004
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Gold futures climbed Monday to close just 40 cents short
of $400 an ounce as weakness in the U.S. dollar following
Analyst writes favorably of hypothetical merger of Newmont and Barrick
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-03-12 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brian Love and Iain Rogers
Reuters
Wednesday, March 10, 2003
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Germany's Bundesbank said on Wednesday it may drop
its idea of funding scientific research by selling gold
after politicians said the central bank had come up with
Financial Times says Fannie Mae hides $25 billion in derivatives losses
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-03-10 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:45p ET Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
We can't be sure how long it will remain active, but
here's a link to the Dow Jones Newswires story
about GATA's appeal to New York Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer:
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StoryID=2004030921410007amp;Take=1
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Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-03-10 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesDerivatives losses fuel doubts over Fannie Mae
By Stephen Schurr in New York
Financial Times
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Fannie Mae paid a net $25.1 billion on derivatives transactions
in under four years -- nearly all of which may represent losses
German gold sale plan stalls but French show interest
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-03-10 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches3:27p ET Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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New York attorney general''s office responds to GATA letter
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2004-03-09 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:30p ET Monday, March 8, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jim Puplava and Eric King provide wonderful fundamental
analysis and technical analysis of the precious metals
markets tonight at FinancialSense.com here:
a href=http://www.financialsense.com/Market/wrapup.htmhttp://www.financialsense...
Excellent commentary and charts. Hang on and don't
be bluffed out by the central banks and their
Billionaires can''t take the silver, but you can
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2004-03-09 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches3:25p ET Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy has received from the
office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
a reply to GATA's appeal for an investigation of
the Comex silver market of the New York Mercantile
Exchange. Murphy's including a U.S. silver eagle
with his letter seems to have gotten a little
attention, even as the coin was returned to him.
Dow Jones reports AG Spitzer''s acknowledgement of request for silver probe
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2004-03-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBigger Isn't Always Better
By Theodore Butler
March 9, 2004
Recently Forbes magazine released its annual listing of
the world's richest individuals. For those who may have
missed it, let me give you the highlights.
The criteria for making the list is a minimum personal net
worth of a billion dollars. That's one thousand million
dollars of personal net worth.
Just a few years ago, the list contained many with net