Daily Dispatches

Almost Armageddon: Market was 500 trades from a meltdown

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-21 12:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Gray
New York Post
Sunday, September 21, 2008

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09212008/business/almost_armageddon_130110.htm

The market was 500 trades away from Armageddon on Thursday, traders inside two large custodial banks tell the Post.

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Gene Arensberg: Gold, silver ETFs add metal on strong buying

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-21 03:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:06a ET Sunday, September 21, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Indian women know that gold will never cheat them

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-21 03:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

India's Love Affair with Gold Keeps Going Despite Volatile Prices

From Agence France-Presse
via Google News
Sunday, September 21, 2008

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gi5ompzS6gvnSuskAasuJTsO_5sQ

NEW DELHI -- Pushpa Bhatia is in a dilemma as she scans the glittering gold offerings laid out on a showcase at a fancy jewellery store in the Indian capital.

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Advisers to both Obama, McCain created market mess

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-09-21 00:08 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lisa Lerer
Politico, Arlington, Virginia
Saturday, September 20, 2008

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13683.html

The presidential campaigns went after each other's economic advisers this week -- and they're both right in claiming that the other camp deserves a share of the blame.

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We went all-out this year, so can you help us reload?

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-20 23:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

11p ET Saturday, September 20, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Bailout plan is vast patronage under cover of martial law

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-20 14:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:19p ET Saturday, September 20, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Wall Street Journal story appended here discloses what seem to be the two crucial details of the Bush administration's plan to rescue the financial system.

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Bush would borrow $700 billion to buy bad mortgages

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-20 11:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Saturday, September 20, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=...

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Asia makes big screens and we just watch TV

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-09-20 10:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Chris Powell
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Connecticut
Saturday, September 20, 2008

http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2008/09/20/chris_powell/doc48d45...

What is it about the United States that every generation it must have a catastrophically mistaken imperial war and a catastrophically expensive rescue of its predatory financial class?