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Russia''s Norilsk buys Anglo American''s 20 percent of Gold Fields
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2004-03-29 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesPrices rising despite low inflation rate;
key indicators questioned
By Greg Burns
Chicago Tribune
Sunday, March 28, 2004
http://www.chicagotribune.com
At the same time the federal government is reporting inflation
at rock-bottom levels, the cost of medical care, tuition and
housing have shot up. From gasoline to coffee to gold,
commodity prices are soaring to heights not seen in years.
Barrick says Newmont bid story is ''wild speculation''
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2004-03-29 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatcheshttp://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040329/minerals_russia_norilsk_2.html
By Aleksandras Budrys and Mark Bendeich
MOSCOW/LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) -- Russian metals giant
Norilsk Nickel took a bold step outside its homeland on
Monday, buying a fifth of the world's fourth-biggest gold
miner, Gold Fields Ltd, for $1.16 billion.
Richard Russell: The big money is dumping equities, so get into cash and gold
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2004-03-29 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Nicole Mordant
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040329/minerals_barrick_newmont_2.html
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 29 (Reuters) -- Barrick
Gold Corp. termed "wild speculation" Monday a report over the
weekend that Newmont Mining Corp. was getting set to make a
takeover offer for it, but added it would vigorously defend itself
Gold breaks out against Swiss franc, nearly so against other currencies: Turk
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-03-28 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:37p ET Thursday, March 25, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
David Bond's latest quot;Wallace Street Journalquot; essay is a
masterpiece of silver triumphalism, demolishing the myth
that digital photography is much of a threat to silver
consumption. An excerpt:
quot;Folks with kilobuck-costing digital cameras are watching
their ink-jet prints of the family taken on their fancy
compact disks and memory sticks fade and fall apart in
Barrick preparing for acquisition bid by Newmont, London Telegraph says
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-03-28 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11:31p ET Sunday, March 28, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder James Turk, editor of The Freemarket
Gold amp; Money Report and consultant to GATA, reports
that gold has broken out against the Swiss franc and
seems to be on the verge of doing so against the euro,
yen, and British pound.
In a new essay at GoldMoney.com, Turk writes: quot;If gold
breaks out of its base against these other currencies,
Jason Hommel updates silver share valuations and adds comments at SilverSeek.com
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-03-28 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBarrick Gold braced for bid from Newmont
By Edward Simpkins
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, March 28, 2004
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Barrick Gold, the world's third biggest gold producer, is
on a high state of bid alert amid suggestions that Newmont,
London Times says Japan stops supporting dollar; Ministry of Finance demurs
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-03-28 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches3:14p ET Sunday, March 28, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jason Hommel, proprietor of GoldIsMoney.com, has
updated his weekly valuations of silver mining
shares and has appended interesting commentary.
You can find his work at SilverSeek.com here:
a href=http://news.silverseek.com/GoldIsMoney/1079808153.phphttp://news.silvers...
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
What should gold''s friends think of a Newmont takeover of Barrick?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2004-03-28 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesLondon Times says Japan's currency intervention is over
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LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) -- Japan's 150-billion-pound
($273 billion) campaign to weaken the yen and strengthen
the dollar has officially come to an end, the Times newspaper
Beware of a rule change in silver, Appel warns; and Puplava''s super-bull market
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2004-03-25 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:31p ET Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Someone else also quot;got itquot; about silver a long time
ago: Jim Puplava of FinancialSense.com, who, last
July, put together what may be the most comprehensive,
documented, and illustrated case for investing in
silver. It quotes GATA statistician Mike Bolser and
is more timely than ever. You can find it here:
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David Bond: Digital photography is no good without silver
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2004-03-25 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches8:20p ET Thursday, March 24, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Important reading tonight....
SilverSeek.com excerpts Dr. Richard Appel's most recent
edition of the quot;Financial Insightsquot; newsletter to warn,
quot;Beware of a Rule Change in Silverquot;:
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