Daily Dispatches

Venezuela will seize gold mining concessions, Chavez says

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2008-12-27 21:07 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rachel Jones
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Saturday December 27, 2008

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Venezuela-to-seize-gold-apf-13922353.html

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As tourist site, NY Fed is worth its weight in gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-12-26 11:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Horn
Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-fed28-2008dec28

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The first gift

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-24 21:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:30p ET Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

-- Matthew 2:11

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Mint can't meet demand as investors buy assets they can hold

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-24 18:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sandy Shore
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081224/gold_hunt.html?.v=3

DENVER -- Investors who have forsaken shaky financial markets for the safety of gold must feel a little bit like prospectors.

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Japan should write off its Treasury holdings, credit analyst says

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-24 11:09 Section: Daily Dispatches

Japan Should Scrap U.S. Debt as Dollar May Plummet, Mikuni Says

By Stanley White and Shigeki Nozawa
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFgHlh.Dn4Lc

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Exporters meet to create 'gas OPEC'

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-23 19:31 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Isabel Gorst and Ed Crooks
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e11a283a-d0f1-11dd-8cc3-000077b07658.html

Energy ministers from 12 of the world's leading exporters of natural gas met in Moscow on Tuesday to create a producers' group that consumers fear could develop into an Opec-style cartel.

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Eric Hommelberg: Extraordinarily bullish outlook for gold

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-23 19:09 Section: Daily Dispatches

7p ET Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The new analysis by Eric Hommelberg of the Gold Discovery Letter extensively credits GATA's work exposing the manipulation of the gold market and includes some wonderful charts. It's headlined "Extraordinarily Bullish Outlook for Gold" and you can find it at GoldSeek here: