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ECB offers banks unlimited cash

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Trichet Can't Rule Out More Cuts, Offers Cash Flood

By Simone Meier and Christian Vits
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avdXQv77GHbU

Thom Calandra: Margin calls loom for Treasuries

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:10p ET Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fed trolls Canada to rescue U.S. banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

Karen Mazurkewich and Eoin Callan
Financial Post / National Post, Toronto
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=866377

In a desperate bid to help U.S. banks recapitalize, Washington is dropping its inhibitions and reaching out to Canadian financial institutions to gauge their willingness to participate in rescue operations.

Central banks around the world cut interest rates

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Keith Weir and Daniel Trotta
Reuters
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49542Y20081008

Central banks around the world cut interest rates in unison on Wednesday in a joint response to the global financial crisis, giving a boost to battered stock markets.

Central banks all but stop lending gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Javier Blas
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f565b702-949a-11dd-953e-000077b07658.html?ncli...

British banks to be recapitalized through part nationalization

Section: Daily Dispatches

Massive Rescue Plan for Banks

By George Parker, Chris Giles, and Tony Barber
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5b767d2-948c-11dd-953e-000077b07658.html?ncli...

John Crudele: The 75-minute market rescue

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Crudele
New York Post
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10072008/business/the_75_minute_market_rescu...

Trumpets were blaring when the Plunge Protection Team came to the rescue of the stock market in the final hour yesterday.

It was something right out of an old John Ford Western.

U.S. Mint stops producing quarter-, half-ounce gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

U.S. Mint Halts Production of Half-, Quarter-Ounce Gold

By Frank Tang
Reuters
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN07435260.html

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