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Just another day with the big banks
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 12:51 Section: Daily DispatchesSociete Generale Uncovers Massive Fraud
By Emma Vandore
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, January 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_bi_ge/france_societe_generale_...
Regulators coerce big banks to bail out bond insurers
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 01:08 Section: Daily DispatchesBanks Pressed to Bail Out Bond Insurers
By Ben White and Aline Van Duyn
Financial Times, London
Thursday, January 24, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac60d522-ca20-11dc-b5dc-000077b07658.html
Where were these worthies when everybody was making magic money?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 00:49 Section: Daily DispatchesFingers Pointed at the Federal Reserve
By Gary Duncan
The Times, London
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article3241...
Sovereign wealth funds seen saving U.S., U.K. 'financial structure'
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 00:37 Section: Daily DispatchesThat is, government of, by, and for the bankers.
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Citi Banker Defends Sovereign Wealth Funds
By Edmund Conway
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, January 24, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/01/24/cnweal...
Sovereign wealth funds are the effective saviours of Wall Street and the City, a leading Citigroup banker has acknowledged.
Rick Ackerman: PPT emerges from the shadows
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 00:20 Section: Daily Dispatches12:17a ET Thursday, January 24, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Rick Ackerman comments scornfully on the most brazen and obvious market intervention yet by the Plunge Protection Team. His essay is headlined "PPT Emerges from the Shadows" and you can find it at GoldSeek here:
http://news.goldseek.com/RickAckerman/1201071660.php
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Vancouver conference is a success for GATA
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-01-22 04:04 Section: Daily Dispatches12:45a ET Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Overseas Filipino workers told to shun dollars for pesos
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-01-20 21:04 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom the "Random Jottings" Column
The Manila Times (Philippines)
Monday, January 21, 2008
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/21/yehey/opinion/20080121op...
Guess none of us ever thought that in our lifetime this sort of financial advice would be imparted by an authoritative voice to overseas Filipino workers. But here we go, folks!
Wall Street Journal: The world melts for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-01-19 14:00 Section: Daily Dispatches... And China says it wants to set the price.
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The World Melts for Gold
By Carolyn Cui and James T. Areddy
The Wall Street Journal
Saturday, January 19, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120069299587601337.html?
Gold-bug fever is spreading.
An invitation to GATA's conference in Washington
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-18 20:32 Section: Daily Dispatches5:30p Friday, January 18, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
An invitation to our conference in April, "GATA Goes to Washington -- Anybody Seen Our Gold?" -- has been posted at our Internet Site here:
http://www.gata.org/files/GATA_invite_2008.pdf
Please send the link to anyone who might be interested.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Wall Street Journal agrees to print full-page ad from GATA
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-18 16:46 Section: Daily Dispatches1:45p PT Friday, January 18, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
This month GATA will place a full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal calling attention to the international central bank scheme to suppress the price of gold and to GATA's conference in Washington in April.
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