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Citigroup to be fined for ''control failures,'' not market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

GCC Urged to Peg Its Currency to Gold

P.V. Vivekanand
Arab News
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Sunday, May 29, 2005

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6ion=0&article=64538&d=29&m=5&y=2005

SHARJAH, Saudi Arabia -- The Gulf Cooperation Council
should peg its proposed currency to gold rather than
the American dollar or euro in view of the currency

Bloomberg''s weekly survey is favorable to gold and quotes GATA''s James Turk

Section: Daily Dispatches

UK FSA to Fine Citigroup
for Bond Trade Control Failure

By Alistair MacDonald and Dhara Ranasinghe
Reuters
Friday, May 27, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?
type=bondsNews&storyID=8630141

LONDON -- Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) will not
charge Citigroup with market manipulation for a controversial

Gold production is most important to poor nations, World Gold Council says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ted Butler
InvestmentRarities.com
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

The most recent commitment of traders (COT) report confirmed the
continued powerfully bullish market structure in COMEX silver. For
three weeks running the dealers have maintained their lowest net
short position in years as the tech funds have abandoned the long
side and have rushed to the short side in silver. As such, the
downside remains limited and the upside wide open.

GATA plans presentation at Vancouver conference June 12 and 13

Section: Daily Dispatches

Intervention against Gold Rising Sharply,
GATA Says, Citing New Derivatives Report

GATA press release
via Business Wire

Monday, May 23, 2005

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050523005408&newsLang=en

DALLAS -- Government intervention against the gold price has risen

U.S. tells China to revalue by 10% or protectionist legislation will be passed

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:26a ET Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

What, the poet asked rhetorically, is lovelier than
a day in June?

How about a couple of days in June in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, with GATA Director
Ed Steer's daughter, Kathy, staffing the GATA
booth at the World Gold, Platinum Group Metals,
and Diamond Conference?

Beat that, Greenspan and Trichet!

The conference will be held Sunday and Monday,

Ted Butler: All into silver now

Section: Daily Dispatches

China Told by US to Revalue Renminbi by 10%

By Andrew Balls
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/69e55622-cbc3-11d9-895c-00000e2511c8.html

WASHINGTON -- The US Treasury has told the Chinese authorities that
they must revalue their currency by at least 10 per cent against the

GATA distributes press release on sharp rise in gold price-capping derivatives

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:49a ET Sunday, May 22, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant James Turk, founder of GoldMoney
and editor of the Freemarket Gold & Money Report,
has drawn on research by GATA's Mike Bolser and
Reg Howe to report that government intervention
against the gold price has exploded since the
middle of last year.

Turk also finds that while gold has been having
trouble lately against the U.S. dollar, it is on

BIS data shows sharp rise in government intervention against gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:35p ET Saturday, May21, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

If you'd like some encouragement, consider
these new essays.

-- Frank Barbera at FinancialSense.com, "'Da
Bottom' for Gold Stocks?":

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/barbera/2005/0519.html

Or try this abbreviated link:

http://tinyurl.com/7zgjc

Some encouragement for gold and silver investors

Section: Daily Dispatches

9a ET Friday, May 20, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A couple of items possibly of special
interest. ...

MiningMX's Greta Steyn examines the rapidly
alternating mood on the prospects for the U.S.
dollar. Her report is headlined "Dollar to
Resume Weakness" and you can find it here:

http://www.miningmx.com/markets/441900.htm

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