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China prepares to buy foreign oil companies
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-02-22 23:40 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-02-22 15:10 Section: Daily DispatchesClinton 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.
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-02-21 17:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-02-21 17:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-02-21 14:06 Section: Daily Dispatches11:54a ET Saturday, February 21, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
At $1,000/oz., Chile catching global gold bug
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-02-21 12:40 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-02-21 12:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-02-21 01:17 Section: Daily Dispatches11:15p MT Friday, February 20, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Somehow in the FT: Gold primed to be 'mania asset'
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-02-19 10:24 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-02-18 21:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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.