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Abu Dhabi buys Chrysler Building; next -- Mount Rushmore?

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By Amy Westfeldt
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_on_bi_ge/chrysler_building_5

NEW YORK -- An Abu Dhabi investment fund has bought a 75 percent stake in the Chrysler Building, one of the best-known landmarks on the city skyline.

USAGold's annual investment survey: Gold beats all except CRB index

Section: Daily Dispatches

7p ET Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

South Korea to triple base metal reserves

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By Miyoung Kim
Reuters
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSSE...

SEOUL, South Korea -- Resource-hungry South Korea plans to triple its base metal reserve stockpiles to ease tight domestic supply as manufacturers struggle to secure raw materials due to soaring commodity prices, the government said Wednesday.

Vegas conference features debate on gold price suppression

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1:15a ET Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Resource Investor's Hard Assets Investment Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, September 9 and 10, will feature something for which GATA has been practically begging for years -- a debate over whether financial institutions are colluding to suppress the price of gold.

Vietnam real estate trade sees some shift to gold

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From VietNamNet Bridge
Tuesday, July 8, 2008

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2008/07/792484/

After a long period of quoting land prices in Vietnamese dong, landlords are now setting prices in gold instead in order to avoid risks from the dong's devaluation.

Bingo! The money's no good anymore

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:05p ET Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

For a wonderful anecdote suggesting that it's not the times that are out of joint or even commodity prices but rather the sort of money being used lately, you may enjoy the brief essay by Doug French, associate editor of Liberty Watch magazine, posted at Lew Rockwell's Internet site. It's titled "Bingo!" and you can find it here:

Ted Butler: The sole silver price depressant

Section: Daily Dispatches

2p ET Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

TIPS flunk inflation test as fuel, food overtake CPI

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By Sandra Hernandez
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, July 7, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aPjqNRudfM.Q&refer=home

NEW YORK -- Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities aren't living up to their name for bond investors who say they can't trust the way the U.S. government calculates the rising cost of consumer goods.

AP notes currency intervention option and monetization of oil

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11:40a ET Sunday, July 6, 2008

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