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Mining in South Africa: Deep, dark, and dangerous

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michelle Faul
Associated Press
via Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg
Thursday, October 11, 2007

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__...

JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's gold companies, already mining at the world's deepest depths, are looking to plumb even deeper veins in a new gold rush spurred by record prices.

Nickel may become Canada's new penny

Section: Daily Dispatches

Pity the Poor Penny;
Most Say It's Not Worth
the Copper It's Minted With

By the Canadian Press
Thursday, October 11, 2007

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hbg2kHxN1BrcQ8FPMr6FoQu4eYuw

OTTAWA -- Canadians have given the Royal Canadian Mint more than their two cents worth about what they can do with that ubiquitous brown coin filling jars around the house.

John Crudele: Did Paulson tip Wall Street after meeting Bernanke?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, October 11, 2007

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10112007/business/market_sos_to_the_sec.htm

Did Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke give away any secrets to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson when the two had an hour-long lunch on Aug. 16?

And did Paulson share what he and Bernanke discussed with anyone in the hours immediately after that lunch?

Central bank gold sales fell 25 tonnes short; Bundesbank opts out

Section: Daily Dispatches

Central Banks Sold 475.75 Tonnes
in Gold Agreement's Third Year

From Reuters
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSL1010745820071010

Academic roots for more rigging of currency markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

How to Prevent a Rout of the Declining Dollar

By Jeffrey Garten
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8c0004a-7760-11dc-9de8-0000779fd2ac.html

Ron Paul heads for the belly of the beast on Friday ...

Section: Daily Dispatches

... and it probably won't take much to persuade him to talk about the gold-price suppression scheme -- just $1,000:

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/events/new-york-city-evening

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Bureau of Labor Statistics to replace toilet paper with corn cobs in CPI

Section: Daily Dispatches

Fed's Poole Sees No Dollar Impact on Inflation

From Reuters
Tuesday, October 9, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSWAT00824620071010

ST. LOUIS -- Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis President William Poole said on Tuesday that the depreciation of the dollar should not hit inflation, owing to the limited pass-through from the currency via import prices.

Adrian Ash: Gold and the end of history's holiday

Section: Daily Dispatches

9p ET Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

John Crudele: Who's Ben chatting with about the economy?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Crudele
New York Post
Tuesday, October 9, 2007

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10092007/business/whos_ben_chatting_with_abo...

Is this any way to run a country?

The government on Friday reported the employment numbers for September and they were better than Wall Street expected, which caused a rally in the stock market but trashed government bonds.

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