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Southeast Asian central banks meet about dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-03-21 11:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Muhamad al Azhari and Andreas Ismar
Reuters
via The Guardian, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7401992
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian central bank governors, plus South Korea and Taiwan, will discuss financial market uncertainty and dollar weakness at a meeting in Jakarta starting today, Indonesian central bank officials said.
A bailout for the dollar too?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-03-21 11:26 Section: Daily DispatchesFears about the greenback
are building, but currency
experts say a bailout by
central banks isn't likely.
By David Ellis
CNNMoney.com
Friday, March 21, 2008
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/21/markets/dollar/index.htm?
NEW YORK -- Could the dollar be next in line for a bailout?
Broke, European banks get daily injections from ECB, BoE
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-03-20 20:53 Section: Daily DispatchesEurope's Central Banks Inject Additional Cash
By Joellen Perry
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, March 21, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120601229992551599.html?mod=Homes
Revealed: The dirty tricks of rogue traders
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-03-20 20:26 Section: Daily DispatchesOf course the Securities and Exchange
Commission prevents anything like this
in the United States!
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Revealed: The Dirty Tricks of Rogue Traders
By Robert Winnett
The Telegraph, London
Friday, March 21, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/21/nhedgi...
Investment firms tap Fed for billions
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-03-20 19:48 Section: Daily DispatchesPlenty of money here to rig
all sorts of markets with --
more than $13 billion daily.
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By Jeannine Aversa
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, March 20, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_bi_ge/fed_credit_crisis;_ylt=A...
Jason Hommel: Silver shortage -- 19 dealers reported sold out
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-03-20 13:32 Section: Daily Dispatches1:30p ET Thursday, March 20, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Investment banks are borrowing from Fed
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-03-19 13:02 Section: Daily DispatchesDon't you wish you could too?
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By Dan Wilchens
Reuters
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1954536520080319
Backstopping Bear, Morgan saved the shadowy derivatives world
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-03-19 00:22 Section: Daily DispatchesMorgan Adds to Derivatives Muscle
By Serena Ng and David Reilly
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
With J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s rescue of Bear Stearns Cos., a behemoth in the complex world of derivatives trading has become even bigger, and the business is now more concentrated.
TV worth watching: Taylor on devaluation, Embry on gold suppression
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-03-18 23:47 Section: Daily Dispatches11:45p ET Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jay Taylor, editor of J. Taylor's Gold & Technology Stocks newsletter, proved last Thursday that you can talk candidly in the United States about the deliberate devaluation of the dollar ... as long as you're in a soundproof studio in New York and your remarks are being broadcast only out of the country -- to Canada.
High oil prices likely to increase pressure on the dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-03-18 23:13 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Steven C. Johnson
Reuters
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1761610620080318
NEW YORK -- The longer oil prices remain above $100, the worse things are likely to get for the U.S. dollar.