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Toronto Globe and Mail highlights 'the new global gold rush'
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-03-01 12:43 Section: Daily DispatchesThe New Global Gold Rush
By Andy Hoffman
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Saturday, February 29, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080229.wr-cover01/B...
Tye Burt has always been able to get the most out of the unwanted, the discarded and the overlooked.
IMF says any gold sales will only substitute for unsold central bank quotas
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-02-29 22:49 Section: Daily Dispatches10:42p ET Friday, February 29, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fed officials say they'll act against inflation eventually
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-02-29 22:07 Section: Daily DispatchesFed Officials Vow to Keep Watch on Inflation
By Mark Felsenthal
Reuters
Friday, February 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2922264120080229
NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve's rapid-fire interest rate reductions were warranted, but the central bank must reverse course quickly once calm is restored to financial markets, Fed officials said on Friday.
Commodity boom backfires on consumers
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-02-29 21:52 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Michael Mackenzie
Financial Times, London
Friday, February 29, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94457f9e-e6e3-11dc-b5c3-0000779fd2ac.html
James Turk: Follow the trend
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-02-29 15:45 Section: Daily Dispatches3:45p ET Friday, February 29, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Paul takes Bernanke to school about inflation
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-02-28 21:39 Section: Daily Dispatches9:30p ET Thursday, February 28, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, got the better of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in an exchange yesterday during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.
Anything to divert gold demand from physical to paper
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-02-28 18:31 Section: Daily DispatchesNew Exchange-Traded Notes
Aim to Double, Short Gold
By John Spence
MarketWatch.com
Thursday, February 28, 2008
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B74B66BFC%2D9A33...
IMF gold sales may be off-market transactions
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-02-28 18:15 Section: Daily DispatchesMaybe this bit of gold dishoarding is
just the price of keeping China and
Russia from doing a lot more dishoarding
of dollars.
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No Timetable Yet for Proposed Gold Sales
From Reuters
via The Guardian, London
Thursday, February 28, 2008
G7's readiness to 'stabilize' markets reiterated by Japanese official
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-02-28 12:51 Section: Daily DispatchesWhat's the difference between "stabilizing"
and "rigging"? Probably just which side of
the trade you're on.
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By Natsuko Waki and Toni Vorobyova
Reuters
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Another public pension fund official recommends gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-02-28 10:59 Section: Daily Dispatches11a ET Thursday, February 28, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
John Rubino, co-author with GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk of "The Coming Collapse of the Dollar," has just found a new supporter of gold within the financial establishment: Shayne McGuire, director of global research for the Texas Teacher Retirement System. Interviewed by Rubino, McGuire remarks of gold: