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ROB-TV''s ''great gold debate'' yields only support for gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:25p ET Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Canada's ROB-TV billed it as quot;the great gold debate,quot;
and it WAS fascinating, but Dennis Gartman of The
Gartman Letter didn't seem to want to engage in much
disputation today with gold partisans John Embry of
Sprott Asset Management and the debate's surprise
guest, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy. Indeed, Gartman
cordially agreed with Embry and Murphy more than he

Coming soon, a backup bank for the Treasury market

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:07p ET Monday, February 27, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Report on Business Television in Canada will broadcast
something of a debate between Sprott Asset
Management's chief investment strategist, John Embry,
and Dennis Gartman of The Gartman Letter on "Market
Call with Jim O'Connell" at 12:30p ET this Wednesday,
March 1.

Embry maintains that Western central banks have been

Ted Butler: Barrick''s quarterly hedge book loss far exceeded quarterly profit

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Eric Dash
The New York Times
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/business/28bank.html

A bank created to provide emergency backup for the Treasury market
will be ready to operate in the next 18 months, a bond industry
group is set to announce today.

The so-called NewBank exists largely on paper, but like a superhero

Bank of China will let investors trade dollars directly for gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:55p ET Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler new essay,
"Confirmation," dredges Barrick Gold's latest
financial report and hauls up the hedge book
loss data that wasn't publicized in the
company's press release and news service
reports. Butler finds that Barrick's quarterly
profit of $175 million was only about a third
of the quarterly loss on its hedge book,

China discusses bloat in its U.S. dollar reserves

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Keith Bradsher
The New York Times
Sunday, February 26, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/weekinreview/26bradsher.html?
_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

HONG KONG -- China has such a huge stash of other countries' money
that it could, in theory, hand out bonuses equaling half a year's
wages to all 770 million of its famously low-paid workers.

John Embry to debate Dennis Gartman on ROB-TV Wednesday

Section: Daily Dispatches

Chinese economist: Cut dollar share of forex reserves

From Reuters
via China Daily, Beijing
Monday, February 27, 2006

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-
02/27/content_524420.htm

China should reduce the dollar share of its foreign exchange
reserves because of the risks posed by the instability of the U.S.
currency, influential economics professor Xiao Zhuoji said in an

From the Silk Road to the superhighway, all coin leads to China

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:19p ET Friday, February 24, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Jason Hommel, editor of Silver
Stock Report, has written a comprehensive analysis
of the prospects for an exchange-traded fund in
silver, and it has been posted at SilverSeek, the
companion Internet site of GoldSeek. It's titled
"The Silver ETF: What's the Deal?," and you can
find it here:

You''re invited to the St. Louis premiere of ''Gold Rush 21''

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:12p ET Thursday, February 23, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

For GATA board member Ed Steer, "One Day in
February" put it all together -- U.S. Rep. Ron
Paul's comprehensive speech on the world
financial situation, "The End of Dollar Hegemony,"
and an interview with John Perkins, author of
"Confessions of an Economic Hitman." You can
find Steer's essay at Financial Sense here:

Grandich does it again: quoted by a major news service about gold''s manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:53a ET Friday, February 24, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Holt & Shapard Capital Management LLC of St.
Louis, Missouri, whose partner Wistar Holt is a
member of GATA's Board of Directors, invites
you to the St. Louis premiere showing of "Gold
Rush 21," Trevor Johnston's video summary of
GATA's conference in the Yukon Territory,
Canada, last August.

The St. Louis premiere will take place Wednesday,

Jason Hommel: What''s the deal with the silver ETF?

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:54p ET Friday, February 24, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

How does Peter Grandich of The Grandich Letter
keep getting away with it? Here he is again tonight
quoted in a major news service story while using
the word "manipulation" in regard to gold. Along
with GATA, all gold and silver investors owe
Grandich much gratitude.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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