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'Waterloo for Fed secrecy' as committee OKs Paul's audit bill

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Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle

By Ryan Grim
Huffington Post, New York
Thursday, November 19, 2009

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/fed-beaten-bill-to-audit_n_3645...

Hey, diamonds say, we want to be money too, like gold!

Section: Daily Dispatches

Moves to Mine Gem Potential

By William MacNamara
Financial Times, London
Friday, November 20, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b29fa9f4-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html

More video links to Murphy on Bloomberg TV, and a photo

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30p ET Friday, November 20, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Regarding the YouTube videos of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's appearance on Bloomberg TV last night. ...

If you're having trouble with the audio, try adjusting the volume control just underneath and on the right side of the video screen at YouTube.

Jordan Roy-Byrne: Gold isn't even close to being a bubble

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:16p ET Friday, November 20, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The line against gold right now is that it has become a bubble, but Jordan Roy-Byrne, publisher of the Trendsman letter, has assembled much evidence otherwise. Roy-Byrne has put it all into an essay headlined "Gold Contrarians Will Get Killed" and you can find it at GoldSeek here:

Paulson gold fund imposes stiff rules, hires gold unenthusiast Reade

Section: Daily Dispatches

Paulson's Golden Investors Have to Commit $10 Million

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
Reuters
Friday, November 20, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/basicMaterialsSector/idUSN2046264720091120

GATA chairman's Bloomberg TV appearance posted at YouTube

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:50p ET Friday, November 20, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to our wonderful friend Cary Coutelas, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's appearance last night on Bernie Lo's "Asia Confidential" program on Bloomberg Television has been posted at YouTube in three parts here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw4T6IdHJ3w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_NMci4xnw

House committee adopts Paul amendment strengthening Fed audit bill

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Scott Lanman
Bloomberg News
Friday, November 20, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a27_ZNGlQpNs

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's shield from congressional audits of interest-rate decisions took a blow from lawmakers who want to open the central bank's books to greater congressional scrutiny.

Jim Rickards: If gold is money again, it goes to between $4,000 and $11,000

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:15p ET Thursday, November 19, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Rickards, director of market intelligence for McLean, Virginia-based consulting firm Omnis, was allowed onto CNBC again today to make gold-friendly comments. You may recall his blunt statement on CNBC back in September: "When you own gold, you're fighting every central bank in the world":

Russia will keep its gold at home

Section: Daily Dispatches

From RIA Novosti, Moscow
Thursday, November 19, 2009

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091119/156903575.html

MOSCOW -- Russia's Central Bank said on Thursday it is ready to buy 30 metric tons (965,000 troy ounces) of gold at market prices from the country's precious metals depositary, Gokhran, by the end of the year.

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