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China prepares to buy foreign oil companies

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Richard Spencer
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, February 22, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/4781037/China-pre...

China is preparing to open a new phase in its race for the world's resources by using its huge currency reserves to buy foreign oil and gas companies.

China real smart to keep buying Treasuries, Clinton says

Section: Daily Dispatches

Clinton Urges China to Keep Buying Treasuries

By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
Bloomberg News
Sunday, February 22, 2009

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

Swiss populist party wants gold recalled from U.S.

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Emma Thomasson
Reuters
Saturday, February 21, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/id...

ZURICH -- The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) called Saturday for retaliation against the United States over a U.S. tax probe into the country's biggest bank, UBS, that threatens prized banking secrecy.

Soros sees collapse, Volcker says it's faster than Great Depression

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa and Juan Lagorio
Reuters
Saturday, February 21, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE51K0A920090221

NEW YORK -- Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis.

Phoenix opens strong; and a matching grant for GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:54a ET Saturday, February 21, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

At $1,000/oz., Chile catching global gold bug

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Pav Jordan
Reuters
Friday, February 20, 2009

http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKN20...

MINERA FLORIDA, Chile -- Better known in global mining as the world's top copper producer, Chile is urging miners to look for gold as prices for the precious metal flirt with record highs and buck a metals price slump.

Help GATA financially or by appealing to CNBC

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Friday, February 20, 2009

GATA has been fortunate over the years with a number of gold companies and individuals contributing to us so we can do what we can to expose the manipulation of the gold market. Unfortunately, over the years it has been mostly the same companies and same people repeatedly sending us money.

An antidote to the cash-for-gold commercials

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:15p MT Friday, February 20, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Somehow in the FT: Gold primed to be 'mania asset'

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Steve Ellis
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eff64394-fdd7-11dd-932e-000077b07658.html?ncli...

Gold is exhibiting all the classic signs of being in a structural bull market. On fears of inflation in early 2008, it rallied. Then, on fears of deflation in late 2008, it rallied again.

China's reserves could fuel natural-resources deals

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew Batson, Alex Wilson, and Rick Carew
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123495580036609781.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=...

China's government is signaling greater willingness to use its wealth for acquisitions abroad, which could accelerate a push into natural resources that already has brought a string of major deals in recent days.

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