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Paulson visits Arabs to tell them how to spend their oil money

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Saudis Agree with Paulson on Keeping Dollar Peg

John Brinsley
Bloomberg News Service
Saturday, May 31, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ay8XOXdaLAOg&refer=home

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf agreed that the Gulf kingdom benefits from keeping its currency pegged to the dollar.

Credit for Butler and Hommel, but none for the CFTC

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9:45p ET Friday, May 30, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Reg Howe: Gold derivatives are moving up again

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9:15p ET Friday, May 30, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Wall Street may get permanent credit line at Fed

Section: Daily Dispatches

And central banks are reported to be negotiating to accept each other's junk collateral.

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Kohn Signals Wall Street May Get Permanent Access to Fed Loans

By Scott Lanman and Anthony Massucci
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, May 30, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a7EKKQuCqhUA&refer=home

Debt markets again flash warnings

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, May 29, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/29/cndebt...

The debt markets in the US and Europe have begun to flash warning signals yet again, raising fears that the global credit crisis could be entering another turbulent phase.

Gary North: The next attack on gold has begun

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10:30a ET Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler: A few thoughts on silver

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4:35p ET Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

LIBOR cracks widen as bankers struggle with reforms

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11:15a ET Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Investors bet Persian Gulf will loosen dollar pegs

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By Joanna Slater
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Hedge funds and other investors made bundles of money in the 1990s betting currency pegs around the world would break. They are at it again, only this time they are gambling currencies will soar, not plummet.

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