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Hoarding by banks stokes fears on credit crisis

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Chris Giles and James Politi
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f9ab320-fa66-11dc-aa46-000077b07658.html?ncli...

Central banks' efforts to ease strains in the money markets are failing to stop financial institutions from hoarding cash, stoking fears that the recent respite in equity markets may not signal the end of the credit crisis.

Citigroup slams Bank of England for risking damage to real economy

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/26/cnciti...

Citigroup has called for radical measures to end Britain's financial crisis, rebuking the Bank of England for moving too slowly to meet liquidity needs and waiting too long to head off an economic downturn.

Andrew Sorkin: Fed strong-armed Bear deal with deception, rule breaking

Section: Daily Dispatches

The Hand Behind the Deal

By Andrew Ross Sorkin
The New York Times
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/ben-bernanke-deal-maker/

Adam Smith's invisible hand has a puppeteer: the Federal Reserve.

John P. Hussman: Bear's bondholders, not public, should pay

Section: Daily Dispatches

Why is Bear Stearns Trading at $6 Instead of $2?

By John P. Hussman
Tuesday, March 24, 2008

http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc080324.htm

Paul urges gold standard, abolition of Fed on CNBC

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:55p PT Monday, March 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Paul urges gold standard, abolition of Fed on CNBC

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:55p PT Monday, March 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler: All into silver now

Section: Daily Dispatches

1p PT Monday, March 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Morgan's revised bid for Bear emphasizes original ripoff, Fed desperation

Section: Daily Dispatches

This emphasizes that MorganChase's original offer for Bear Stearns was even more of a ripoff and even more desperate a maneuver by the Federal Reserve than was originally suspected.

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JPMorgan Raises Bear Bid, Grabs Stake

By Chris Reiter
Reuters
Monday, March 24, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2430313520080324

Time grows short to register for GATA's Washington conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:21p PT Sunday, March 23, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There's less than a month to go before our conference, "GATA Goes to Washington -- Anybody Seen Our Gold?," and space at the conference hotel, the Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, is limited and starting to fill up.

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