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GATA's Austin Fitts finds sympathizers in Estonia

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:16a ET Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA board member Catherine Austin Fitts arrived in Estonia this week and soon found herself among some GATA sympathizers. You can read about it at her blog at Solari.com here:

http://solari.com/blog/?p=1850#more-1850

GoldSeek's Chris Waltzek interviews Jim Sinclair

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:24p ET Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldSeek's Chris Waltzek today interviewed Jim Sinclair, CEO of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration and proprietor of JSMineset.com, about the wreckage of the world financial system, the hyperinflation he sees for the U.S. dollar, and the prospects for gold and commodities. You can listen to it here:

Ted Butler: Beyond taxation without representation

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:15p ET Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Treasury considered plan to bust Citi shorts

Section: Daily Dispatches

Officials Weighed Plan to Buy Citi Shares

By Henny Sender
Financial Times, London
Monday, November 24, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37e82282-ba60-11dd-aecd-0000779fd18c.html?ncli...

Goldman expected to sell $2 billion in FDIC-insured bonds

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Walden Siew
Reuters
Monday, November 24, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AN7Y320081124

NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs plans to sell at least $2 billion of new debt that will be guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., with pricing expected Tuesday, according to a market source familiar with the sale.

Christopher Wood: The Fed is out of ammunition

Section: Daily Dispatches

A Discredited Dollar Is a Likely Outcome of the Current Crisis

By Christopher Wood
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, November 24, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122748912533552007.html

Thom Calandra: Bullion rush spreads to Canadian fund

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:25p ET Monday, November 24, 2008

Stockhouse's Thom Calandra today examines Central Fund of Canada and surmises that the large increases and declines in the premium charged for the gold and silver in that closed-end fund indicate a rush for bullion. Calandra's commentary is headlined "Bullion Rush Spreads to Canadian Fund" and you can find it at Stockhouse here;

U.S. may relieve Citi of billions in bad loans

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Enrich and Carrick Mollenkamp
The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 23, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122747680752551447.html

Citigroup Inc. is nearing agreement with U.S. government officials to create a structure that would house some of the financial giant's risky assets, according to people familiar with the situation.

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