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Hugo Salinas Price: Gold protects and creates jobs

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Hugo Salinas Price, President
Mexican Civic Association for Silver
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

http://www.plata.com.mx/mplata/articulos/articlesFilt.asp?fiidarticulo=91

Some readers may ask themselves, "What has gold to do with protecting jobs? Gold hoarders are certainly not creating jobs, and hoarding more gold will not help at all."

South Africa: A rich country insisting on being poor

Section: Daily Dispatches

South Africa is a member of the International Monetary Fund, whose bylaws forbid members from linking their currencies to gold -- the metal on which South Africa was and still could be built, the metal whose price the IMF helps suppress.

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South Africa's Miners Face Deepening Gloom

By Tom Burgis
Financial Times, London
Thursday, February 5, 2009

Think they'll keep and publish minutes this time?

Section: Daily Dispatches

Treasury's Geithner Will Meet Top Regulators

By David Lawder
Reuters
Thursday, February 5, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/americasRegulatoryNews/idUSN0536213920090205

Goldman Sachs lifts gold price forecast to $1,000

Section: Daily Dispatches

As Prince Metternich said at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 when informed of the death of the Russian ambassador: "I wonder what his motive was."

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Goldman Sachs Lifts Gold Price Forecast to $1,000

By Lewa Pardomuan
Reuters
Thursday, February 5, 2009

http://uk.reuters.com/article/goldMktRpt/idUKSP4622620090205

Record debt sale by Treasury may prompt monetization

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Treasury in Plans for Record Debt Sale

By Michael Mackenzie and Krishna Guha
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdf4ee70-f2e4-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

Ridiculing gold bugs while resentfully acknowledging gold's strength

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I Don't Like the Big Shiny Crowd Around Gold

By John Dizard
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45f0574a-f193-11dd-8790-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

Ted Butler: Unfinished business

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:47p ET Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Silver market analyst Ted Butler's new commentary, posted at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, reviews the shorting of the exchange-traded fund SLV and concludes that the market is not only manipulated but tighter than ever. Butler's commentary is headlined "Unfinished Business" and you can find it here:

Sprott says U.S. at start of depression that will boost gold

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By Stewart Bailey
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=ao7hCvQA9QZ0&

NEW YORK -- Eric Sprott, the Canadian money manager who last year predicted banking stocks would collapse, said the U.S. is at the beginning of an economic depression that will help gold prices more than double.

Will Obama give up secrets on PPT and gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:34a ET Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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