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Downgrade of bond insurers may prompt new credit panic

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/06/bcnfit...

Fitch Ratings has threatened to downgrade a clutch of top US bond insurers in a move that could set off a fresh credit crisis and cause contagion across America's $2,400 billion (L1,150 billion) municipal bond market.

Roger Wiegand: Breakout day for commodities

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:45p ET Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ron Paul invests mostly in precious metals and commodities

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:30p ET Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Presidential candidates have to disclose their financial interests, and one of them, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, an advocate of remonetizing gold, has put his money where his mouth is.

Ron Paul's one-day Internet donation haul is Republican record

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jim Kuhnhenn
Associated Press
via Yahoo News

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071106/ap_po/paul_fundraising;_ylt=AsQwh.bL...

WASHINGTON -- Ron Paul's head-snapping fundraising puts a new face on a campaign that the media, politicians and much of the public had relegated to the sidelines.

India's largest bank gets into gold coin retailing

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
via Yahoo News
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

http://in.news.yahoo.com/071106/137/6mwl9.html

MUMBAI, India -- India's largest lender, State Bank of India, said on Tuesday it has started retailing gold coins to cash in on its popularity as an investment option.

Ted Butler sounds cautious for silver in the short term

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:20p ET Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Grandich Letter's special alert cites GATA's work

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11:45a ET Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Dollar slide may prompt joint intervention, Morgan Stanley says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stanley White
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, November 2, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_Hg1qiLaMME

TOKYO -- The dollar's decline to record lows may turn into a "more violent correction" that requires the U.S., the European Union, and Japan to intervene in foreign- exchange markets, said analysts at Morgan Stanley.

Supermodel joins hedge fund managers in dumping dollars

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bo Nielsen and Adriana Brasileiro
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, November 5, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aCs.keWwNdiY&refer=home

Gisele Bundchen wants to remain the world's richest model and is insisting that she be paid in almost any currency but the U.S. dollar.

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