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Gold shines on UAE's plan to switch out of dollars
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2006-07-08 13:35 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/07/04/cngold...
Gold has surged to a six-week high of $625 an ounce after the United Arab Emirates revealed plans to invest 10 percent of its foreign reserves in bullion, suggesting a strategic shift away from dollars by the oil-rich sheikdoms of the Gulf.
UAE central bank would buy dips in gold and euro
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2006-07-08 13:28 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom AMEInfo, Dubai
Monday, July 3, 2006
http://www.ameinfo.com/90460.html
The United Arab Emirates Central Bank governor this week gave his strongest hint yet that the emirates will shortly enter the gold market and also purchase euros as a diversification of the national currency reserves presently held in US dollars. With the US dollar ripe for devaluation this seems a timely initiative.
Pennies soon may be a thing of the past -- nickels too
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-07-02 14:59 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jeff Donn
Associated Press
Sunday, July 2, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060702/ap_on_re_us/poor_penny
PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts -- In this village settled by thrifty
Pilgrims, you can still buy penny candy for a penny, but tourist
Alan Ferguson doubts he'll be able to dig any 1-cent pieces out of
his pockets.
He rarely carries pennies because "they take up a lot of room for
No wonder they invented central banking; it's a lot easier
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-07-02 14:58 Section: Daily DispatchesProspector Rescued from Yukon River
By Tim Mowry
Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner
Saturday, July 1, 2006
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3341450,00.html
A Fairbanks man and his dog were rescued Wednesday
after spending two days holed up in a cabin along the
Yukon River eating fried dough and rhubarb after his
boat sank while he was prospecting for gold.
Myron Chamblee, 42, was picked up by helicopter
James Turk: What correction?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-07-02 14:57 Section: Daily Dispatches9:34a ET Sunday, July 2, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder James Turk, editor of the
Freemarket Gold & Money Report and consultant
to GATA, has taken out his month-end gold and
silver charts over this long holiday weekend
in the United States and concludes that the
trend remains the friend of both metals. Turk's
analysis is headlined "What Correction?" and
you can find it in the "Founder's Commentary"
No mention of 'strong dollar' policy from new Treasury secretary
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-29 23:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Thursday, June 29, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=20...\
T195828Z_01_N29206701_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-ECONOMY-DOLLAR-PAULSON-DC.XML
NEW YORK -- With an increasing focus on transparency
in financial markets, what policy-makers don't say is
often more telling than what they do.
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson failed to
Nymex wants to replace real metal with paper gold in China
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-29 02:41 Section: Daily DispatchesNymex wants to replace real metal with paper gold in China
By Helen Sun
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, June 29, 2006
BEIJING -- The New York Mercantile Exchange is hoping to begin the
trading of gold futures contracts in China, a senior official said.
Transcript of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's interview on ROB-TV
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-29 02:32 Section: Daily Dispatches1:32a ET Thursday, June 29, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Thanks to GATA's great friend Mark Webber for the
transcript, appended here with a little editing for
clarity, of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's interview
on "Business Morning with Michael Kane" on ROB-TV
in Canada on Wednesday.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Now he tells us: U.S. Treasuries are actually junk, Summers says
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-29 01:41 Section: Daily DispatchesAdvice to Invest Less in U.S. Bonds
Foreigners Can Do Better, Summers Says
By Paul Blustein
Washington Post
Thursday, June 22, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101740.html?sub=AR
A former U.S. Treasury secretary is advising some of the world's biggest holders of U.S. Treasury bonds that they ought to find much better ways to invest their money.
Goldman seeks stake in India's commodities and derivatives exchange
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-29 01:06 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Thursday, June 29, 2006
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reut...
MUMBAI -- Investment bank Goldman Sachs is in talks to buy up to 10 percent of India's National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange, a source close to the development said on Thursday.
"The negotiations are in an advanced stage. I would not be surprised if a formal announcement of the deal comes out in the next 48 hours," he said. "ICICI would be selling between 5-10 percent."