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With CDOs, Wall Street sold the world a box of sewage

Section: Daily Dispatches

Does It All Add Up?

By Saskia Scholtes and Gillian Tett
Financial Times, London
Thursday, June 28, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d5f91f6e-2513-11dc-bf47-000b5df10621.html

As head of the financial stability unit at the Banque de France, Imene Rahmouni-Rousseau travelled to America this month to look at the current turmoil in the US subprime mortgage world.

Peter Brimelow: Gold bugs disappointed but keep the faith

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Sunday, July 1, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/love-affair-gold-isnt-over/story.a...

NEW YORK -- Gold disappointed its friends last week. But they've not given up.

A year after defeat, Mexican leftist fades away

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Catherine Bremer
Reuters
Sunday, July 1, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0130818020070701

MEXICO CITY -- The leftist who a year ago was a hair's breadth from winning Mexico's presidency was reduced to political artifact on Sunday, drawing a fraction of his old crowds to an anniversary rally.

Move away from U.S. dollar reserves is still all talk

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Steven C. Johnson
Reuters
Saturday, June 30, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN2959669920070630

NEW YORK -- Central bank holdings of U.S. dollars continue to mount, despite talk of diversification into other currencies, but questions remain about the sustainability of the rise in dollar reserves.

Avoiding 'made in China' labels isn't easy

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dirk Lammers
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Friday, June 29, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_bi_ge/not_made_in_china;_ylt=A...

No inflation in U.S.? There's plenty in China

Section: Daily Dispatches

China Raises Minimum Wages

By The Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Friday, June 29, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_bi_ge/china_wage_boost;_ylt=Ap...

China's government has ordered minimum wages raised to help the poor cope with soaring food costs, a state news agency reported Friday.

Richard Greene: You would have thought it was a gold bull market

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:22p ET Thursday, June 28, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA's story makes more inroads every day, as you can see from the new essay by Richard J. Greene of Thunder Capital Management, "You Would Have Thought It Was A Gold Bull Market," which you can find at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/ThunderCapitalManagement/1183043040.php

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

Yamana, Northern Orion would merge, take over Meridian

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Canadian Press
via Brandon Sun, Brandon, Manitoba
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=60388

TORONTO -- Yamana Gold Inc. and Northern Orion Resources Inc. are proposing to merge and take over Meridian Gold Inc. -- a combination that would create one of the top five gold producers in the world.

'Sub-prime Chernobyl': So gold has to be hit hard

Section: Daily Dispatches

Massive Loan Revocations
Expected from U.S. Banks

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/26/cnusec...

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