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Gold price-fixing lawsuit dismissed in U.S. District Court in Boston

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold strategists dig deeper for profit;
mining analysts point to small-fry companies

By Thom Calandra
CBS.MarketWatch.com
March 28, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- With spot gold above $300 an ounce, the
question becomes, what's still a steal? Very little, it turns out.

Established gold companies are trading at 10 to 15 times cash
flow. Smaller ones, like Durban Roodepoort in South Africa,
have become the new momentum stocks. This $3.50 stock is

The manipulation is in the open now, and it''s faltering

Section: Daily Dispatches

Fed considered emergency measures to save economy

By Peronet Despeignes
Financial Times
March 24, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Reserve in January
considered a variety of quot;unconventionalquot; emergency

Gold''s easy money lures Wall Street

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:27a ET Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Monday's first big news was the Financial Times story
about the latest minutes released by the Federal
Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee, in which
the Fed is seen contemplating openly buying
equities to keep the stock market bubble inflated
in case interest rate cuts fail to do so. Gold was
prominently mentioned in the story. So now

A new gold investor contemplates gold''s morality

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold's easy money lures Wall Street
Mining industry unblemished in shaky times

By Thom Calandra
CBS.MarketWatch.com
March 26, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Maybe you heard the
ad: quot;You bought the stock last night, and next morning,
the CEO is on the stand, pleading the Fifth.quot;

It's that kind of market.

Maybe your favorite corporate chieftain is hung over
from shopping sprees, wiping tens of billions of dollars

Enron''s victims preparing lawsuits against big investment banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:25p ET Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Part of an exchange I had this week with a newcomer
to gold investing raised the issue of its morality.
Maybe it will interest you, so it's below.

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

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Dear Chris:

An essay titled quot;The Morality of Gold Jewelry,quot; written

Fed considers buying stocks if interest rate cuts fail

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:14p ET Sunday, March 24, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's the latest in the dispute between Kinross Gold and
certain holders of Kinam Gold preferred shares, the latter
represented in part by GATA consultant Reginald H.
Howe:

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Fed considers buying stocks if interest rate cuts fail

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peronet Despeignes
Financial Times
March 24, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Reserve in January
considered a variety of quot;unconventionalquot; emergency

Another exchange between Kinross and Reg Howe over Kinam shares

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David B. Wilkerson
CBSMarketWatch.com
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Thursday, March 21, 2002

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (CBS.MW) -- Maryland Public Broadcasting
announced plans to replace its long-running quot;Wall Street Week
with Louis Rukeyserquot; program with a show co-produced with
Fortune magazine.

The new show will be called quot;Wall Street Week with Fortune.quot;

Big fight brewing over regulation of metals derivatives

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:54a ET Saturday, March 16, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy was interviewed today
on Jim Pupalava's quot;Financial Sensequot; Internet broadcast
program. You can listen to it here:

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

Gold Bugs Index reaches highest point in 2 years

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:37a ET Thursday, March 21, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

This Reuters story is a few days old but it indicates that
a big fight is brewing in Congress over regulation of
derivatives in the over-the-counter metals markets. How
fascinating that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Treasury
Secretary Paul O'Neill, Senate Banking Committee
ranking member Phil Gramm, and Gramm's wife, Wendy,

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