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Emergency rate cut revives talk of 'Bernanke put'
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-01-27 16:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alister Bull
Reuters
Sunday, January 27, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2735782820080127?sp=true
WASHINGTON -- An emergency U.S. interest rate cut last week rekindled perceptions the Federal Reserve has a bias to protect the stock market, and a French bank trading scandal has made matters worse.
South African miners in desperate talks over power crisis
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-01-27 16:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James Macharia
Reuters
Sunday, January 27, 2008
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL27262918.html
JOHANNESBURG -- South African mining companies were allowed to resume underground maintenance work on Sunday as a power crisis that has crippled the country's mining industry entered a third day.
James Turk: The 'real' gold price
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-25 21:17 Section: Daily Dispatches9:12p ET Friday, January 25, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Treasury's gold auditor doesn't know if reserves are leased or swapped
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-25 08:49 Section: Daily DispatchesFeds Accused of Gold Price Manipulation
By Jerome R. Corsi
WorldNetDaily.com
Friday, January 25, 2008
Ted Butler: The coming investment boom in silver
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 22:30 Section: Daily Dispatches10:30p ET Thursday, January 24, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Richard J. Greene: Don't trust gold and silver ETFs to have any metal
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 21:32 Section: Daily Dispatches9:28p ET Thursday, January 24, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Richard J. Greene, managing partner of Thunder Capital Management in Clearwater, Florida, expresses skepticism of the gold and silver exchange-traded funds in his new essay, "Gold and Silver ETFs' Disparities with Gold Price Mean Higher Risk." You can find it at Market Oracle here:
John Crudele: You should be wary of this market rebound
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 21:22 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, January 24, 2008
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01242008/business/you_should_be_wary_of_this...
It's a miracle -- two days in a row.
The stock market was going to hell again yesterday when suddenly -- out of a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-ho, Silver -- someone came to the rescue.
European Central bank deeply split on immediate rate cut
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 21:01 Section: Daily DispatchesFed move sparks ECB dilemma
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, January 25, 2008
DAVOS, Switzerland -- A serious conflict at the European Central Bank has broken into the open after Spain's finance minister revealed that a number of board members are pushing for an immediate rate cut in light of the emergency action by the US Federal Reserve week.
Did Societe Generale trades trigger market rout, Fed cut?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 20:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sitaraman Shankar and Blaise Robinson
Reuters
Thursday, January 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2455504620080124
Societe Generale's shock disclosure of a fraud that lost it $7 billion has left investors wondering about a link between the fiasco and Monday's European stock market rout.
Helicopter money could reach U.S. households by May
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 20:43 Section: Daily DispatchesTax Rebate Deal Could Mean Checks By May
By Andrew Taylor and Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, January 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_go_co/economy_stimulus;_ylt=Ar...
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