Daily Dispatches

Bets rise on rich country bond defaults

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-11-22 15:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Oakley
Financial Times, London
Sunday, November 22, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4f9a4f0-d791-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html

LONDON -- The mounting level of debt in the industrialised world is prompting a growing number of investors to use the derivatives market to bet on the chance of rich governments defaulting on bonds.

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Fed under fire as public anger mounts

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-11-22 10:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tom Raum
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Sunday, November 22, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_an/us_punching_bag_fed_analysis

WASHINGTON -- Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.

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University of Rochester student paper notices GATA

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-11-22 10:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:22a ET, Sunday, November 22, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Choice of money leads humanity to liberty or totalitarianism

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-11-21 21:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:51p ET Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Vietnam hastens to import 6 tonnes of gold

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-11-21 13:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Thanh Nien newspaper
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Thursday, November 19, 2009

http://dailynews.vn/frame/index.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGFuaG5pZW5uZXdz...

Vietnam will import 6 tonnes of gold this month, state broadcaster VTV said on Thursday, after the central bank last week lifted a ban on imports to stabilize an overheating market.

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Murphy's 'Midas' commentary posted at GoldSeek

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-11-21 12:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:51p ET Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Vancouver conference in January will be GATA-friendly

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-11-21 09:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:50a ET Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Many speakers friendly to GATA are scheduled to make presentations at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday and Monday, January 17 and 18, 2010. Among them:

-- Thom Calandra of the Trader Trax letter.