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Mint elaborates on gold coin rationing amid huge demand

Section: Daily Dispatches

U.S. Mint Resumes Gold Coin Orders on Limited Basis

By Frank Tang
Reuters
Monday, August 25, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN2539668920080825

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Mint said it must allocate the American Eagle bullion coins among dealers to cope with overwhelming demand as it resumed taking orders for the popular coins on Monday.

James West: Where's the gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:53p ET Monday, August 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

James West, publisher and editor of The Midas Letter, remarks on the growing dichotomy between the futures and physical markets for gold, and on GATA's work pointing it out, in his new essay, "Where's the Gold?," which can be found at The Midas Letter's Internet site here:

Gene Arensberg: Silver sucker-punched by two U.S. banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:48a ET Monday, August 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A new summary of GATA's work and outlook

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:40a ET Sunday, August 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A new summary of GATA's work and the organization's outlook toward the world financial system, written by your secretary/treasurer, has been posted in the "Essays" section of GATA's Internet site. It may be of some interest to people who have come upon the gold price manipulation issue only recently. You can find it here:

Bailout aid for Wall Street questioned at Fed event

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jeannine Aversa
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Saturday, August 23, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_wrong_signal;_yl...

Washington Post exposes CFTC's failure amid market concentration

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:38p ET Saturday, August 23, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Washington Post story appended here is important for a couple of reasons.

Join GATA at Toronto Resource Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:20a ET Saturday, August 23, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, GATA consultant James Turk of GoldMoney and the Freemarket Gold & Money Report, and your secretary/treasurer will be among the speakers at Cambridge House International's Toronto Resource Investment Conference on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5.

No need for a bailout at the bank of the poor

Section: Daily Dispatches

Lending to the Poor Has Rich Rewards

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, August 22, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/23/ccprof...

What happens when metal exchanges, Freddie, Fannie fail?

Section: Daily Dispatches

9p ET Friday, August 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Alex Wallenwein of Euro vs. Dollar Gold Monitor contemplates the likely failure of the commodities exchanges for gold and silver with his new commentary, "What Price Gold?," which you can find at Gold-Eagle here:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_08/wallenwein082208.html

And at 24hGold here:

Bundesbank says gold reserves gaining importance

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rene Wagner
Reuters
via The Guardian, London
Friday, August 22, 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7744536

BERLIN -- Germany's Bundesbank on Friday rejected calls that it should sell some of its gold reserves to help boost the slowing German economy, telling Reuters that financial and political uncertainty make the reserves even more important than before.

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