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A Goldman Trading Scandal?

By Matthew Goldstein
Reuters
Sunday, July 5, 2009

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/07/05/a-goldman-trading-scandal/

Did someone try to steal Goldman Sachs' secret sauce?

Leaders won't stop contemplating easing out of the dollar

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Dollar's Role Under Debate in Run-Up to G-8 Summit

By Gabriele Parussini
Dow Jones Newswires
via The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, July 5, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090705-702952.html?

Austrian silver euro coins being used to beat German taxes

Section: Daily Dispatches

Quick Silver: A New Austrian Coin Trick

From Der Spiegel, Hamburg
Saturday, July 4, 2009

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,633772,00.html

Hot tip for German investors: an Austrian silver coin that can be smuggled legally. It's music to the ears of Germans who bank in Austria. But how long can the party last?

Adrian Douglas: What can ever beat the gold and silver cartel?

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By Adrian Douglas
Saturday, July 4, 2009

"Dear GATA:

"First, thank you for your efforts. Please keep up the outstanding work.

Andy Xie: Fed would fool both bond vigilantes and liquidity junkies

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Taming the Beast

By Andy Xie
China International Business magazine, Beijing
Thursday, July 2, 2009

http://www.cibmagazine.com.cn/Columnists/Andy_Xie.asp?id=992&taming_the_...

Indian joins Russia, China in questioning dollar dominance

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mark Deen and Isabelle Mas
Bloomberg News
Friday, July 3, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aSx4wlTQzexM

AIX EN PROVENCE, France -- Suresh Tendulkar, an economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said he is urging the government to diversify its $264.6 billion foreign-exchange reserves and hold fewer dollars.

China buys 17% of miner Teck Resources for $1.5 billion

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By Cameron French
Reuters
Friday, July 3, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idAFN0315307920090703?rpc=44

TORONTO -- Teck Resources said on Friday it will sell a 17.2 percent equity stake to state-owned China Investment Corp. through a private placement that will raise C$1.74 billion ($1.5 billion) and help the miner pay down debt.

China moves again to cut reliance on dollar

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By Richard McGregor
Financial Times, London
Friday, July 3, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8a7105c-676a-11de-925f-00144feabdc0.html

BEIJING -- China has taken another step toward internationalising its currency and reducing reliance on the US dollar with the announcement of new rules to allow select companies to invoice and settle trade transactions in renminbi.

Austrian bank's gold report cites market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:30p ET Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Erste Group Research, a division of Erste Group Bank AG in Vienna, Austria, has just published a 53-page special report on gold that includes a section on manipulation of the gold market. This section seems to have been heavily influenced by GATA's work.

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