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Grandich Letter migrates to Agoracom
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-10-06 17:22 Section: Daily Dispatches'Paper Newsletter' Migrates Online
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By Grant Surridge
Financial Post / National Post, Toronto
Monday, October 06, 2008
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=862395
It has scrambled the business model for print publications of all kinds, so it's hardly a surprise that the Internet is changing the game for investing newsletters too.
Another henhouse, another fox
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-10-06 16:17 Section: Daily DispatchesPaulson Picks Interim Head for Rescue Effort
By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Monday, October 6, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_kashkari;_ylt=A...
WASHINGTON -- The administration has selected a former Goldman Sachs executive to be the interim head of its $700 billion rescue effort for financial institutions.
It's not just the government and banks but the people too
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-10-06 03:41 Section: Daily Dispatches3:38a ET Monday, October 6, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
NBC Television's "Saturday Night Live" program satirized the other night not only the U.S. government's response to the collapse of the banking system but also one of its causes, the venality of much of the citizenry. You can watch it here:
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/c-span-bailout/727521/
Lending to companies, states may be Fed's next crisis
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-10-06 02:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Scott Lanman and John Brinsley
Bloomberg News
Monday, October 6, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aktjzhZEdgfY&refer=home
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may find the next fronts of the financial crisis to be just as chilling as last month's downfall of Wall Street titans: its spread to corporate America and state and local governments.
British govt. would take shares in bailed-out banks
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-10-06 00:06 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Robert Winnett
The Telegraph, London
Monday, October 6, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3141185...
Fed under pressure to do more on credit crunch
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-10-05 23:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James Politi and Krishna Guha
Financial Times, London
Sunday, October 5, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd884db2-9311-11dd-98b5-0000779fd18c.html
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve and US Treasury were on Sunday night under increasing pressure to follow passage of the $700 billion financial rescue plan with further measures to shock the ailing credit markets back to life.
Germany guarantees bank accounts; worldwide rate cuts anticipated
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-10-05 13:22 Section: Daily DispatchesEuropeans Scramble to Save Failing Banks
By Matt Moore
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Sunday, October 5, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_re_eu/eu_europe_meltdown;_ylt=...
Judy Shelton: Loose money and the roots of the crisis
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-10-05 11:43 Section: Daily DispatchesNo One Can Believe in the Omniscience of Central Bankers Anymore
By Judy Shelton
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122273029076687929.html
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
-- T.S. Eliot
"The Hollow Men" (1925)
Bailout implementation is all fantastic conflict of interest and patronage
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-10-03 16:35 Section: Daily DispatchesPaulson Recruits Asset Managers to Stop Loss of 'Precious Days'
By Rebecca Christie and Robert Schmidt
Bloomberg News
Friday, October 3, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aczLjF35rxQM&refer=home
Silver Summit: Analysts cry manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-10-03 16:23 Section: Daily Dispatches4:18p ET Friday, October 3, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Silver Investing News has a good account of the recent Silver Summit in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, written by Melissa Pistilli and taking note of GATA's work. It's headlined "Silver Summit: Analysts Cry Manipulation" and you can find it here: