Daily Dispatches

Fed, news service argue IDing banks that got emergency loans

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 20:13 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mark Pittman
Bloomberg News
Monday, October 5, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aPXkf9Z0xZ4A

NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve should be forced to identify companies that received loans from the central bank because it can' demonstrate that borrowers would be harmed by the disclosure, according to lawyers who won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

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Arabs, Asia, Russia said planning to drop dollar in oil trade

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 19:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

The Demise of the Dollar

In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia, and France to stop using the U.S. currency for oil trading.

By Robert Fisk
The Independent, London
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar...

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Another gold price suppression document disclosed

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-10-05 18:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:55p ET Monday, October 5, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Buy a T-shirt, poster, or DVD to support GATA

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-10-04 21:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:45p ET Sunday, October 4, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA's full-page color advertisement published in The Wall Street Journal on January 31, 2008, which you can see here --

http://www.gata.org/node/wallstreetjournal

-- cost us $264,000, the bulk of our treasury, only to generate absolutely no interest from the mainstream financial media.

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Swiss money manager concurs with GATA on gold rigging

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-10-04 10:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:45a ET Sunday, October 4, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Alice Schroeder: Gold shows U.S. bubble hasn't popped yet

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-10-04 10:06 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alice Schroeder
Bloomberg News
Thursday, October 1, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=ajPCIYcGX8t4

If you owned stocks and gold and had to sell one, which would it be?

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has gained almost 60 percent since its low on March 9. Gold is near a record price. I know a fair number of people who would keep the gold.

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Electronic currency firm fined $3 million over Iranian accounts

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-10-03 13:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Richard Lardner
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, October 1, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091001/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_florida_co...

WASHINGTON -- A Florida company has been fined nearly $3 million for activating thousands of electronic currency accounts for customers in Iran, the Treasury Department said Thursday.