Daily Dispatches

Markets Shrug Off Gold Sales by ECB

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, April 1, 2005

The European Central Bank revealed yesterday that it had quietly
sold 47 tonnes of gold over recent months, but said it planned no
further sales before September.

The gold markets shrugged off the surprise announcement, which marks
the first time the ECB has joined national central banks in cutting

1:52p ET Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Longtime GATA supporter Hank Fellerman has written
an open letter to Newmont Mining, in which he owns
shares, asking why Newmont has done nothing to help
GATA or to expose the suppression of the gold price.
Other Newmont shareholders might do well to express
similar concerns. You can find Fellerman's letter
here:

http://www.gata.org/NewmontLetter.html

These are the gangsters who, until last year,
controlled the silver market on the U.S.
commodities exchanges....

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AIG Accounting May Have
Overstated Worth by $1.7 Billion

By David Plumb and Jesse Westbrook
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, March 31, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000006&sid=a1fPWNXLlbs0&refer=home

By Jackie Range
Dow Jones Newswires
Monday, March 28, 2005

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050329/15/3rjq2.html

LONDON -- Drilling deep underground in dark, hot, and wet conditions,
South Africa's gold miners may have little idea their industry is
facing its biggest challenge yet miles above their heads.

While rival companies with dollar-based costs bask in a high gold