Daily Dispatches

''Midas'' commentary for Feb. 13: GATA to replace World Gold Council

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-02-15 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
Monday, February 14, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050214/france_citigroup_4.html

PARIS -- France's treasury penalized Citigroup Inc. on Monday,
giving it a lower ranking on a list used to award government
business, and said the bank's controversial 12.4 billion euro ($16
billion) bond trade tarnished European markets.

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James Turk: The dollar begins the week badly

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-02-15 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:41p ET Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary
for February 13 at LeMetropoleCafe.com, "GATA
to Replace World Gold Council," has been posted
in the clear at Kitco here:

http://www.kitco.com/ind/Murphy/feb142005.html

And at GoldSeek here:

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Doctor retracts pollution charges against Newmont in Indonesia

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-02-15 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:44p ET Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant James Turk, editor of the
Freemarket Gold & Money Report and founder
of GoldMoney, has posted new commentary
at the GoldMoney Internet site, "The
Dollar Begins the Week Badly." You can
find it in the "Founder's Commentary" box
at the top left here:

http://goldmoney.com

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Ted Butler: With silver, start with the facts and then apply your imagination

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-02-15 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 15, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050215/newmont_mining_indonesia_2.html

DENVER -- The Indonesian doctor who accused Newmont Mining Corp. of
poisoning villagers near its Minahasa gold mine there has retracted
her allegations.

Dr. Jane Pangemanan sent a letter to Indonesian police earlier this

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World needs a one-time move to new parities among major currencies

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-02-14 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

10p ET Friday, February 11, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

For a good laugh, read MineWeb radio's latest
interview with South African gold analyst Nick
Goodwin, who affects to be absolutely mystified
as to why the International Monetary Fund would
want to sell gold in the name of helping heavily
indebted poor countries, whose big cash export
is often gold.

http://www.mineweb.net/sections/gold_weekly/412831.htm

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Pan American silver joins XAU; IMA offers nuisance settlement to Aquiline

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-02-14 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:21a ET Monday, February 14, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The essay appended here, published today in
The Jakarta Post, may be significant as an
indication of semi-official thinking in the
West on what to do about the debasement of
the U.S. dollar.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

* * *

Dealing with the Declining Dollar

By Jeffrey E. Garten

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French treasury penalizes Citigroup for euro bond market manipulation

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-02-14 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Pan American Silver to be Added to XAU

Company Press Release
Monday, February 14, 2005

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?
ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-14-2005/0003020305&EDATE=

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pan American Silver Corp. is pleased
to announce that effective February 21, 2005, it will be added to

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The G7 guys went home and now reality is reasserting itself

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2005-02-11 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Thursday, February 10, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh23620_2005-02-10_21-29-42_nat001393_newsml

NEW YORK -- Foreign central banks were net sellers
of U.S. Treasuries for the third week in a row in the
latest week, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday.