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Peter Brimelow: Yawns greet gold''s euro move

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh70746_2005-06-15_12-35-26_wat003272_newsml

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Governor Donald Kohn warned on
Wednesday that the U.S. current account deficit and surge in house
prices may not be sustainable and urged banks to shield themselves

Gold emerges as currency of choice as euro buckles

Section: Daily Dispatches

But there are signs that gold is starting
to outrun price-capping sales by central banks

By Peter Brimelow
CBSMarketWatch.com
Thursday June 16, 2005

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/print_story.asp?print=1&guid=
DEC07CEB-11B7-421B-AAEF-984862700B27&siteid=mkwt

NEW YORK -- What does it mean when gold gives a Euro party and nobody

Reg Howe: Gold derivatives are skewing the world

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Thursday, June 16, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh96466_2005-06-16_14-39-54_n1448979_newsml

NEW YORK -- Collapsing confidence in the euro has become one of the
principal factors behind the breakdown in the close correlation
between gold prices and the dollar, suggesting gold may become

Jim Sinclair: The establishment is starting to pay attention to gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

9p ET Thursday, June 16, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Reginald H. Howe, proprietor of the Golden Sextant
Internet site and consultant to GATA, has studied
the latest report from the Bank for International
Settlements on over-the-counter derivatives in gold.

Among his conclusions:

* Gold short exposure seems to be shifting
gradually away from bullion banks to central
banks.

James Cook of Investment Rarities interviews Ted Butler on silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

They'll probably recover it from other
market scams in a week or two ....

* * *

JPMorgan Agrees to $2.2B Enron Settlement

By Joe Bel Bruno
The Associated Press
Tuesday June 14, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050614/enron_jpmorgan.html?.v=13

NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., the third-largest U.S. bank,
agreed Tuesday to pay $2.2 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit

Blanchard''s withdrawal against Morgan was settlement; suit continues vs. Barrick

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Cook
InvestmentRarities.com
Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Theodore (Ted) Butler must certainly be the foremost silver analyst
of our time. Not only is he a pioneering thinker on the subject of
silver, he is also way ahead of the curve with what's happening
in the silver market. Many of his ideas are original and new. It's
no exaggeration to say that almost everything you see other people

Dollar declines as foreigners bought fewer assets than forecast

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:30p ET Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA has confirmed that the withdrawal of Blanchard
& Co.'s lawsuit this week against JPMorganChase over
the manipulation of the gold price was in the nature
of a settlement of the complaint against MorganChase
and that Blanchard's lawsuit against co-defendant
Barrick Gold continues, the objective in both
respects being to end the unlimited provision of

Fed Governor Kohn warns on risks from unsustainable asset prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

Vivianne C. Rodrigues
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000087&sid=aJcRmfjRCYRY&refer=top_world_news

The dollar fell for the first day in six against the euro after a
government report showed foreign investors purchased U.S. assets at
a slower-than-expected pace.

International investors bought a net $47.4 billion in Treasury

As labor talks begin, 86 percent of S. African mines are running losses

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:40p ET Monday, June 13, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's presentation to the
Vancouver gold conference today has been posted
at the GATA Internet site here:

http://www.gata.org/Murphy061305.html

And over at LewRockwell.com, veteran independent
journalist Anne Williamson offers two cheers for
the New York Times Magazine's recent commentary

Morgan Chase pays $2.2 billion for facilitating Enron fraud

Section: Daily Dispatches

Tough Wage Talks Launched
in South Africa Gold Sector

From Reuters
Tuesday, June 14, 2005

http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:42aeda65:e542267d
3f7ef0?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8785819

JOHANNESBURG -- South African mining employers and unions opened pay
talks on Tuesday and one union said reaching a settlement would be

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