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Murphy''s latest ''Midas'' commentary posted at GoldSeek

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:24p ET Saturday, August 9, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thom Calandra's latest commentary at CBSMarketWatch
is essential reading. He reports that the World Gold
Council's plan to offer a bullion fund on stock exchanges
is being delayed by concerns about tax liabilities and
secure accounting for the gold.

Calandra reports that the two bullion funds already
operating in North America are selling at premiums

Gold council''s bullion fund stalled by tax and accounting issues

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Arindam Nag

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NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Reuters) -- A bidding war could break
out in the gold mining industry with Randgold Resources Ltd.
preparing a rival bid for Ghana's Ashanti Goldfields Co. Ltd.,
which already has an offer from AngloGold Ltd, sources
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Randgold to challenge AngloGold for Ashanti

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Turk

One of the objectives of my alerts at GoldMoney.com
is to spread the truth about gold. When I see
something that needs correcting, I'll bring it to
your attention. Accordingly, I would like to correct
the following dispatch from Reuters:

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KALGOORLIE, Australia, Aug. 5 (Reuters) -- Central
banks worldwide sold a combined 280 tonnes of gold
in the first half, the same as the first half of 2002, but

Don''t be afraid, bugs -- the central banks don''t really have the gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

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By James Regan
Reuters

KALGOORLIE, Australia, Aug. 5 -- South Africa's AngloGold
Ltd said on Tuesday it was likely to act fast to reduce
Ashanti Goldfields Ltd's gold hedge book if it succeeded in
buying the Ghanian mining house.

Ashanti's hedge book brought the company to the financial

AngloGold plans quick reduction in Ashanti''s gold hedging

Section: Daily Dispatches

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NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (Reuters) -- South Africa's AngloGold Ltd.
on Monday said Ashanti Goldfields' top shareholder agreed to
support its $1.1 billion acquisition of the African mining
company but the transaction's fate still rests with the
government of Ghana.

The merger, formally unveiled on Monday after being publicly

AngloGold bid for Ashanti advances; still needs Ghana govt.''s OK

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:17p ET Sunday, August 3, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's an important dispatch from GATA's friend Larry
Parks, executive director of the Foundation for the
Advancement of Monetary Education, about U.S. Rep.
Ron Paul's latest valiant attempt to challenge the
dishonesty of the U.S. financial system.

Paul has introduced in the House of Representatives
what he calls the Honest Money Act, which would

If government money is so good, why must law force it on people?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:41p ET Wednesday July 30, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

An especially important commentary by Richard Russell
for his subscribers has been posted in the clear. It
might as well be titled quot;Unreality and Escape vs. Gold
and Silver.quot; Find out which ones Russell thinks are
going to win.

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Unreality and escape vs. gold and silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:25p ET Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant James Turk, editor of The Freemarket
Gold and Money Report and proprietor of GoldMoney,
has given an interview to Jim Puplava of the quot;Financial
Sense Newshourquot; Internet radio program, and you can
listen to it here:

www.financialsense.com/Experts/2003/Turk.htm

Turk and Puplava discuss the future of the gold market,

Financial Sense interviews Turk; GoldMoney, Sinclair offer free e-mail alerts

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:47p ET Monday, July 28, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

James Turk's latest commentary at the Freemarket
Gold and Money Report is posted tonight at
Gold-Eagle, and it credits GATA Chairman Bill
Murphy's quot;Midasquot; commentary at
www.LeMetropoleCafe.com with discovery of a
crucial clue to the rally in silver. You can find
Turk's commentary here:

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Calandra covers silver rally; Sinclair tells gold bugs to be like Cool Hand Luke

Section: Daily Dispatches

ECB Recommends Central Banks Sell
U.S. Agency Debt, Source Says

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FRANKFURT, July 28 (Bloomberg) -- The European Central
Bank is eliminating its holdings of debt issued by Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae, the two biggest U.S. providers of
mortgage financing, and recommended that its national

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