Daily Dispatches

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Reuters) -- Citigroup Inc. executive
and ex-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin called a top Treasury
Department official on behalf of troubled Enron Corp. in
early November, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

The call was the second disclosure by Treasury on Friday
of apparent attempts to lobby Treasury Under Secretary for
Domestic Finance Peter Fisher on Enron's behalf.

4:51p ET Tuesday, January 8, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Since it seems to be an especially good time to
add to collections of rare and bullion coins
and precious metals, some of you have asked
recently for a list of dealers who have supported
GATA and who have been recommended by other
GATA supporters. So I've put such a list together
and appended it here.

Some of these dealers have had special offers for

By Nic Hopkins
The Times, London
Thursday, January 10, 2002

AngloGold, the world's largest gold miner, has confirmed it
is seeking to forge stronger ties with Barrick, the Canadian
gold mining group, in a move that may pave the way to a
multibillion-dollar merger.

AngloGold is battling Newmont, of the United States, to win
Normandy Mining, Australia's largest goldmining group, in a
A$4.3 billion (L1.6 billion) bidding war. Its offer is due to

11:03p ET Wednesday, January 9, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A GATA supporter has sent the letter below to
U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, chairman of the
Senate Banking Committee, along with a copy
of GATA consultant James Turk's latest essay
documenting surreptitious U.S. government
intervention in the gold market. It's a good
model for other letters. We ask our U.S.
supporters to consider sending such letters