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Imagine all the fun they must have at the CFTC and SEC
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-09-10 15:10 Section: Daily DispatchesGovernment Officials Probed about Illicit Sex, Gifts
By Dina Cappiello
The Associated Press
via Google News
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKt4CePAt-tJqdPld1mZxbC4nsXwD93418R01
Jason Hommel: What's the price of silver?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-09-10 08:49 Section: Daily Dispatches8:45a ET Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Bailout hands Pimco $1.7 billion payday
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-09-09 20:24 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Deborah Brewster
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/838d3cb4-7e96-11dd-b1af-000077b07658.html
NEW YORK -- The Bill Gross-managed Pimco Total Return fund reaped a $1.7 billion payday following the US government takeover of home loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Put Frannie on government books, Congressional Budget Office says
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-09-09 20:19 Section: Daily DispatchesCost of U.S. Loans Bailout Emerging
By Krishna Guha, Michael Mackenzie, and Nicole Bullock
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e30472a6-7e79-11dd-b1af-000077b07658.html
Ted Butler and Izzy Friedman: The speed of sound
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-09-09 16:48 Section: Daily Dispatches4:45p ET Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
A U.S. government bailout of foreign investors
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 20:14 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Gapper
Financial Times, London
Monday, September 8, 2008
http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2008/09/a-us-government-bail-out-of-forei...
Hank Paulson's effort to prop up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has various beneficiaries but few gain more than foreign investors.
Nationalization of Fannie, Freddie triggers defaults for derivatives
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 20:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Aline van Duyn
Financial Times, London
Monday, September 8, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed1e14c6-7dd0-11dd-bdbd-000077b07658.html?ncli...
James Turk: Thinking like 'Fat Tony'
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 15:37 Section: Daily Dispatches3:30p ET Monday, September 8, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In an essay excerpted from the latest issue of his Freemarket Gold & Money Report, GoldMoney founder James Turk muses about two kinds of people -- people who fail to consider the possibility that they don't know everything, and people whose skepticism is not only healthy but profitable.
Michael Kosares: Six situations to monitor for the rest of 2008
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 15:07 Section: Daily Dispatches3p ET Monday, September 8, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fannie/Freddie credit is good again, but what about U.S. government's?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-08 00:10 Section: Daily DispatchesFannie and Freddie
Likely to Plunge,
Searing Investors
By Tom Lauricella, Serena Ng, and Robin Sidel
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 8, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122083521070808711.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=...