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Russian central banker cites GATA, says gold market may be less than free
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-10-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches8:30p ET Sunday, October 3, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The weekly Bloomberg News survey of gold traders,
appended here, is interesting not for its predictive
value -- the survey notes that the traders get it
wrong as often as they get it right -- but because
of a few other things:
* It quotes the CEO of Barrick Gold as expecting
inflation to lift the gold price. Having shared
China rebuffs U.S., refuses to give timetable on letting yuan float
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-10-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:13p ET Sunday, October 3, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Movements in the price of gold are sometimes "so
enigmatic" and central banks and bullion banks are
so involved with it that the gold market may be
less than free, the deputy chairman of the Bank of
Russia says.
The deputy chairman, Oleg V. Mozhaiskov, made the
remarks in a speech at a meeting of the London
Bullion Market Association in Moscow in June, but
Finance ministers renew calls for ''more flexibility'' in exchange rates
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gale Courey Toensing
Waterbury (Connecticut) Republican-American
Friday, October 1, 2004
SHARON, Conn. -- A local woman known both for her
dedication to her family and as an international
philanthropist was killed in an automobile accident
in India on Sunday.
Barbara Sinclair, 63, died when the vehicle in which
she was a passenger was struck from behind by a
truck and crashed into a bus, said Arthur Hahn,
Another plea of guilty to price fixing that won''t make The Gartman Letter
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesG-7 calls for increased oil supplies;
Snow urges China to adopt flexible exchange rate soon
By Corbett B. Daly
CBS.Marketwatch.com
Friday, October 1, 2004
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BE762554B%2DB36E%
2D4A01%2DB492%2DEF63F5202334%7D&siteid=mktw
WASHINGTON -- Finance ministers and central bankers
Finance ministers far apart on debt relief; China won''t say when yuan will float
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches"Conspiracies rarely exist."
-- Dennis Gartman in The Gartman Letter, September 14, 2004
* * *
Bayer Pleads Guilty
in Price-Fixing Conspiracy,
Will Pay $33 Million Fine
U.S. Department of Justice Statement
Thursday, September 30, 2004
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2004/September/04_at_661.htm
WASHINGTON -- Bayer Corp., the Pittsburgh subsidiary
Barron''s interviews James Turk on the coming collapse of the dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesFinance meetings focusing on China,
poor nation debt, Iraq, and oil
By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Saturday, October 2, 2004
WASHINGTON -- The world's major economic powers
were far apart Saturday on agreeing how to provide
debt relief for Iraq and the poorest nations, as
finance officials began broader discussions about
the global economy.
Treasury Secretary John Snow and Federal Reserve
Jim Puplava''s ''Financial Sense Newshour'' interviews GATA''s Mike Bolser
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesThe Buck Drops Here:
A Longtime Gold Bull Explains
Why He Thinks a Dollar Collapse is Inevitable
By Sandra Ward
Barron's
Monday, October 4, 2004
We've found it worthwhile the last two years to pay
a call to one of our favorite authorities on the yellow
metal: James Turk, publisher of the Freemarket Gold
& Money Report and founder of Goldmoney.com, a
company that facilitates cross-border transactions
IMF fails to devise debt relief for poor countries
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches5:36p ET Saturday, October 2, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jim Puplava, proprietor of FinancialSense.com, has
just interviewed GATA board member Michael
Bolser about technical analysis in manipulated
markets -- that is, markets for what Bolser calls
strategic commodities, particularly gold and oil.
(Bolser expects the U.S. government to ambush
gold next week.)
You can listen to the interview on the "Financial
Nothing comes of proposal to use gold to relieve poor nations'' debt
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2004-10-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Lesley Wroughton and Sumeet Desai
Reuters
Saturday, October 2, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6396321
WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund's
top policy-making group on Saturday failed to close
divisions over debt relief for the world's poorest
countries.
Friends and family in Connecticut gratefully recall Barbara Sinclair
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-10-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches8:58a ET Thursday, September 30, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
James Turk, proprietor of GoldMoney.com, editor
of The Free Market Gold & Money Report, and
consultant to GATA, has a few comments on the
eve of the finance ministers' conference in
Washington. Turk argues that whatever the
finance ministers do, the profound trends in
the markets are clear and established and are
not likely to change or be changed.