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China moves to knock down copper prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Wednesday, November 23, 2005

http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh47727_2005-11-23_13-43-59_n23455111_newsml

MONTREAL -- Placer Dome Inc. said today its board of directors has
rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from Barrick Gold Corp. and
it is in talks with others about alternatives.

Resource Investor quotes GoldMoney''s Turk on opening of Dubai exchange

Section: Daily Dispatches

Is this the only government that intervenes
in markets to control strategic commodities?

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Copper Auctions Aim to Bring Down Prices

By Zheng Lifei
China Daily, Beijing
Saturday, November 24, 2005

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-
11/24/content_497397.htm

After two auctions in eight days, China plans to sell another 20,000

John Crudele: What''s the Fed up to with M3?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:10p ET Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Resource Investor's Jon Nones quotes extensively
from GoldMoney's James Turk, editor of the
Freemarket Gold & Money Report and consultant
to GATA, in this story about the opening of the
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange:

http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=14900

Caroline Baum: Europeans, conspiracy theorists lead M3 mourners

Section: Daily Dispatches

What's the Fed Up To?

By John Crudele
New York Post
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

http://www.nypost.com/business/58052.htm

The Federal Reserve couldn't have handed conspiracy buffs a better
gift.

While Congress is still deciding whether Ben Bernanke, the Princeton
economist with the big mouth, is worthy of succeeding Alan
Greenspan, the Fed announced that it would discontinue publishing

Russian president wants central bank to increase gold reserves

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:42p ET Monday, November 21, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Brien Lundin of Gold Newsletter and our other friends at
Jefferson Financial in New Orleans, sponsors of the New
Orleans Investment Conference, are putting together
their first "gold cruise" as they prepare for resumption
of the New Orleans conference next year. The cruise
will start in Costa Rica on January 16 and wind its way

Russians may know that gold is their liberation, and they''ve got plenty of it

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Interfax News Agency
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11424471

MAGADAN, Russia -- The Central Bank should review its gold and forex
reserves policy in favor of increasing the weighting of gold,
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Magadan.

Putin supports Russian central bank plan to double gold reserves

Section: Daily Dispatches

8p ET Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Moscow Times story appended here has been
published with a wonderful photograph from the
Itar-Tass news agency showing President Vladimir
Putin holding a big gold bar at an exhibition
in Madagan in the Russian Far East. Just go to
the link contained in the story.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

Grandich Letter praises GATA Chairman Bill Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold May Rise to $500 for First Time
Since 1987, Bloomberg Survey Says

By Pham-Duy Nguyen
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, November 21, 2005

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000087&sid=aqngaBjA._yY&refer=top_world_news

Gold may rise to $500 an ounce for the first time since 1987 as
investors purchase more bullion as a hedge against declining

Peter Grandich strikes two blows for GATA and gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:03p ET Monday, November 21, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A special issue of Peter Grandich's investment
newsletter published today has some nice things
to say about the work of GATA Chairman Bill
Murphy, in addition to a lot of interesting
analysis of the metals markets. You can find
the special issue of the The Grandich Letter
here:

http://www.grandich.com/docs/alertGL_11-21-05.pdf

Jim Sinclair: Soon everyone will be making ''dough'' again

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:04p ET Monday, November 11, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to Peter Grandich of The Grandich Letter,
GATA and gold scored doubly today, first by the
distribution of his latest commentary and its
reposting at Kitco --

http://www.kitco.com/ind/grandich/nov212005.html

-- and then by his getting quoted about
manipulation of the gold market in the

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