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David Brooks: Total control of U.S. in sight for Goldman Sachs

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-07-01 22:26 Section: Daily Dispatches

Obama's Money Class

By David Brooks
The New York Times
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/opinion/01brooks.html?_r=1&hp&o

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ECB is done selling gold through September

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-07-01 10:50 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Agence France-Press
via Yahoo News
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/bs_afp/ecbbankgold_080701071415

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Central Bank said Tuesday that it had recently sold 30 tonnes of gold, on top of 42 tonnes sold in late 2007 under a central bank agreement.

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John Embry: Gold will recover stronger and faster than ever

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-30 22:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30p ET Monday, June 30, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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BIS seeks higher world interest rates

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-30 14:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Chris Giles
Financial Times, London
Monday, June 30, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6cd0278-46c3-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.html

Global inflation is a "clear and present threat" to a world economy that needs higher interest rates and a new framework to deal with future credit and asset bubbles, the Bank for International Settlements said on Monday.

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Peter Brimelow: Fed's flinch galvanizes gold

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-06-30 01:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Sunday, June 29, 2008

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/feds-flinch-galvanizes-gold/story....

The Fed flinch galvanizes gold, and the gold bugs think victory is at hand.

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IMF undertakes audit of U.S. financial system

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-06-29 22:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gabor Steingart
Der Spiegel, Hamburg, Germany
Thursday, June 26, 2008

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,562291,00.html

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Miners to strike major producers in Peru

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-06-29 18:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jean Luis Arce
Reuters
Sunday, June 29, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN2934545820080629

LIMA, Peru -- Miners in Peru, the world's leading silver producer and second-largest copper and zinc miner, were readying a strike for midnight on Sunday that will see walkouts at the country's leading pits.