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Slumping dollar puts G7 back in spotlight

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Greg Robb
MarketWatch.com
Monday, October 15, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/slumping-dollar-puts-g7-back/story...

WASHINGTON -- For the last five years the global economy has sailed along, allowing meetings of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors to take place in relative obscurity.

Unhedged Newcrest, Lihir fuel takeover talk as gold price soars

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alex Wilson
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, October 15, 2007

In Newcrest Mining and Lihir Gold, there is no hedging on their prospects -- and potential acquirers view that as a good thing.

Paulson is pressured by G-7 demands to aid dollar, credit markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rich Miller and Simon Kennedy
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, October 15, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiXgH4EYAOe0&refer=home

A former Master of the Universe like Henry Paulson doesn't often find himself on the defensive. At international meetings this week in Washington, he will be.

Merv Burak: Who could afford such losses shorting gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:40a ET Monday, October 15, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Puplava interviews James Turk on the flight to gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:06a ET Monday, October 15, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: A scramble for exposure to global inflation

Section: Daily Dispatches

Hedge Funds Target Currency Pegs

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Monday, October 15, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/15/ccview...

Establishment's new line: Let dollar fall and it won't spark inflation

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:48p ET Sunday, October 14, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

An essay by Martin Feldstein, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and now a professor at Harvard University, published today in the Financial Times, may represent official thinking in the United States more than the rote and increasingly ridiculous slogan about a "strong dollar."

Peter Grandich: Man your battle stations

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:55p ET Sunday, October 14, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Longtime GATA supporter Peter Grandich of the Grandich Letter tonight published a long analysis of the financial and metals markets, the bankruptcy of the U.S. government, and the threatening situations around the world. It's headlined "Man Your Battle Stations" and you can find it at the Grandich Internet site here:

Gene Arensberg: Commercials in gold have never been shorter

Section: Daily Dispatches

7p ET Sunday, October 14, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Big banks ponder creating fund to rescue mortgage-backed securities

Section: Daily Dispatches

Big Banks Push
$100 Billion Plan
To Avert Crunch

Fund Seeks to Prevent
Mortgage-Debt Selloff;
Advice From Treasury

By Carrick Mollenkamp, Ian McDonald,
and Deborah Solomon

The Wall Street Journal
Saturday, October 13, 2007

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