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China's foreign reserves rise past $1.2 trillion

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Joe McDonald
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, April 12, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_bi_ge/china_foreign_reserves;_...

Europenan report to let hedge funds off easy, FT says

Section: Daily Dispatches

Hedge Fund Report to Split Views

By Ralph Atkins and Mark Schieritz
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc7cf5ce-e84a-11db-b2c3-000b5df10621.html

An international task force charged with investigating the fast-growing hedge fund industry will stop short of proposing concrete steps to beef up its policing by financial regulators.

Leave hedge funds alone, Fed chief says

Section: Daily Dispatches

All market riggers will be delighted.

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Bernanke: Current Hedge Fund System OK

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070411/ap_on_bi_ge/bernanke_hedge_funds;_yl...

Mike Swanson: A triple buy signal in gold stocks

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:10p ET Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mike Swanson, editor of the Wall Street Window letter, offers some lovely bedtime reading for gold and silver investors -- a bunch of charts and indicators on the verge of giving what he calls a "triple buy signal" for the precious metals, the tripping of which apparently launches a one-way trip to the moon.

U.S., Europe may be happy with dollar's new decline

Section: Daily Dispatches

Paulson and Trichet Mum
As Falling Dollar Gives Help

By Matthew Benjamin and Simon Kennedy
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ab4j1z8k4ICI

The dollar's slide may be coming at the right time for U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.

U.S.-China trade tensions undermine dollar

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U.S.-China Trade Tensions Undermine Dollar

By Neil Dennis
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5017c514-e74f-11db-8098-000b5df10621.html

The dollar fell sharply Tuesday as trade tensions between the US and China intensified. The fall reversed the gains prompted by Friday’s stronger-than-expected non-farm payrolls data.

Even world debt is getting out of the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

Foreign Bonds to Top
Dollar Denomination
in 2007, Lehman Says

By Bryan Keogh
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, April 9, 2007

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aUZTaoFd5x6g

James Turk: Can we trust the silver ETF?

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:15p ET Monday, April 9, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Dollars may come home from Mideast to buy Dow Chemical

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Sunday, April 8, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSLAU86960620070408

LONDON -- A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world's biggest-ever leveraged buyout, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Is Barrick trying to depress NovaGold's price before new bid?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:40p ET Saturday, April 7, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The headline on GATA's dispatch last Thursday, "NovaGold Beats Barrick" -- http://www.gata.org/node/4968 -- may have been premature.

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