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'Hitler gets a margin call,' but what a difference a week makes

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:15p ET Monday, September 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Wall Street Journal thinks central banks might start liking gold again

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold May Regain Luster for World's Central Banks

Turmoil, Weak Dollar
Raise Metal's Profile;
Chinese 'Nibbling'?

By Andrea Hotter and Matt Whittaker
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 22, 2008

Central banks may be starting to turn to one of the few assets in which they can invest: gold.

Vietnam discovers that there's gold and 'gold'

Section: Daily Dispatches

When Gold Trading Floors Lack Gold

From VietNamNet Bridge
Monday, September 22, 2008

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2008/09/804952/

Peter Brimelow: Radical gold bugs gloating but guarded

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Monday, September 22, 2008

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/peter-brimelow-radical-gold-bugs/s...

NEW YORK -- Radical Goldbugs 1, Financial Establishment 0. However this game ends, the bugs are looking better right now.

Treasury now ready to buy any bad debt, not just mortgages

Section: Daily Dispatches

U.S. Treasury Widens Plan to Buy Bad Debt

By Dawn Kopecki
Bloomberg News
Sunday, November 21, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYXtwpG9mw9g&refer=home

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration widened the scope of its $700 billion plan to avert a financial meltdown by including assets other than mortgage-related securities.

Goldman, Morgan Stanley change status to get new Fed loans

Section: Daily Dispatches

They too must be in big trouble.

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Last Major Investment Banks Change Status

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Sunday, September 21, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bank_change

Treasury's power grab begins to worry Congress

Section: Daily Dispatches

Few Limits Proposed for Treasury

Draft Rescue Bill Bars Court Review, Riling Lawmakers

By Jess Bravin
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 22, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122204156493561237.html?mod=article-outs...

Dollar may get 'crushed' as traders weigh bailout

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bo Nielsen and Anchalee Worrachate
Bloomberg News
Monday, September 22, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=arSYa87HCb9U

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's plan to end the rout in U.S. financial markets may derail the dollar's three-month rally as investors weigh the costs of the rescue.

Clive Maund: Bailout will be inflationary, great for precious metals

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:55p ET Sunday, September 21, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Economists becoming skeptical of bailout plan

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Avi Zenilman
Politico, Arlington, Virginia
Sunday, September 21, 2008

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13689.html

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