Daily Dispatches

By Peter Blackburn and Nicole Mordant
Reuters
Wednesday, July 21, 1004

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5733592

RIO DE JANEIRO/VANCOUVER -- China Minmetals
Nonferrous Metals Co. has beaten Brazil's Cia Vale do
Rio Doce in the battle to buy Noranda Inc., a Brazilian
newspaper said on Wednesday, adding more grist to a

By Justin Baer
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, July 21, 2004

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000103&sid=aHOTE3b.yvJY&refer=us

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the second- biggest U.S.
bank, had a quarterly loss after setting aside $2.3
billion to help settle lawsuits stemming from its role
in the collapse of companies such as Enron Corp.

9p ET Monday, July 19, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Appended are a couple of today's precious metals
market commentaries that may be of interest,
particularly the first, from CBSMarketWatch, which
finds a market analyst talking openly about central
bank manipulation of the gold price.

We probably should expect gold and silver to be
hit hard Tuesday and Wednesday as Federal
Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies to

By Jim Hawe
Dow Jones Newswires
Thursday, July 15, 2004

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/040715/15/3lpm6.html

TOKYO -- Gold's safe-haven appeal may
become a little tarnished among
Japanese investors if a proposed merger
between two banking giants brings about
some needed stability to the nation's
financial sector.

Still, many industry insiders believe