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Wall Street Journal examines the Consumer Price Index''s ''hedonics'' racket
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesMalaysia May Use Gold
To Secure Arms Purchases
By Leslie Lopez
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 9, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian government is considering an arms deal
that calls for it to commit part of the country's gold reserves to
help finance the purchase of warships and other defense equipment
valued at roughly 1 billion, or about $1.8 billion, from BAE
Systems PLC.
The proposed use of Malaysia's gold holdings as collateral for the
The perfect storm that could drown the economy
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesNew and Improved
An Inflation Debate Brews
Over Intangibles at the Mall;
Critics Say U.S. Plays Down
CPI Through Adjustments
For Quality, Not Just Price;
Value of a TV's Flat Screen
By Timothy Aeppel
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 9, 2005
WASHINGTON -- To most people, when the price of a 27-inch television
set remains $329.99 from one month to the next, the price hasn't
changed.
Tice''s Marshall Auerback sees oil at $80
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Daniel Gross
The New York Times
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/weekinreview/08gross.html?
ex=1116302400&en=9910a79bde4d33a0&ei=5070
We seem to be living in apocalyptic times. On NBC's "Revelations,"
Bill Pullman and Natascha McElhone seek signs of the End of Days. In
the Senate, gray-haired eminences speak of the "nuclear option."
Full speed ahead to another Asian meltdown
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Thursday, May 5, 2005
http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh99650_2005-05-05_22-47-57_n05553518_newsml
NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Thursday it had agreed to
pay $356 million to settle investor lawsuits related to the failure
of Commercial Financial Services Inc.
Dow Jones Newswires interviews analysts who expect gold above $500
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Hamish McDonald
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Full-speed-ahead-to-another-
Asian-meltdown/2005/05/08/1115491044455.html?oneclick=true
HONG KONG -- For Jim Walker, the chief economist at CLSA Asia-
Pacific Markets in Hong Kong, the signs are coming thick and fast.
The next China may be India, and they sure like gold over there
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James Attwood
Dow Jones Newswires
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050508/15/3sel0.html
SYDNEY, Australia -- With the pendulum apparently swinging back in
gold's favor, some analysts now expect the metal is back on track
for US$500 some time next year.
Confidence is building among gold traders and analysts that the
Citigroup reported ready to plea-bargain over manipulating European bond market
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Agence France-Presse
via Khaleej Times, Dubai
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?
xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/May/subcontinen
t_May268.xml§ion=subcontinent
LONDON -- With economists forecasting India's economy to grow by 7
percent during the fiscal year 2004/05, the country is seen as
CMRE hears about New Hampshire''s gold and silver payment legislation
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2005-05-06 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:12p ET Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary tonight
at LeMetropoleCafe.com has been posted in the clear at
GoldSeek here:
http://news.goldseek.com/LemetropoleCafe/1115175600.php
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Morgan Chase settles securities fraud lawsuit for $356 million
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2005-05-06 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches1:11a ET Friday, May 6, 2005
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Resource Investor's Tim Wood reports on what may
have been the most interesting presentation at
Thursday's meeting of the Committee for Monetary
Research and Education in New York -- Edwin
Viera's on legislation proposed in New Hampshire
to put gold and silver back to work as currency
for transactions with state government.
You can find the Resource Investor report here:
India seen reducing its dollar reserves
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-05-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches7:28p ET Sunday, May 1, 2005
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA consultant James Turk, editor of the Freemarket
Gold & Money Report and founder of GoldMoney, has
recast his dollar charts for his new commentary, "The
Dollar Continues to Mark Time." He sees the dollar's
recent strength as part of a bear-market rally at best.
You can find his analysis in the "Founder's
Commentary" box at the top left of the GoldMoney
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