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Former Barrick CEO Greg Wilkins dies

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Koven
National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Thursday, December 17, 2009

http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2351625

Greg Wilkins, the former chief executive of Barrick Gold Corp. and a leader in Canadian business, passed away on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 53.

Chinese central banker says dollar must weaken

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Li Yanping and Justin Carrigan
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 17, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLHD8QY9fQsU

BEIJING -- Chinese central banker Zhu Min said that the dollar is set to weaken further and it will become more difficult for nations to buy U.S. Treasuries.

John Browne concedes gold price manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

9p ET Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Discussion of gold market manipulation is growing and becoming more open. Today's formal acknowledgement comes from John Browne, senior market strategist for Peter Schiff's Euro-Pacific Capital, whose latest commentary remarks as follows about the European central bank gold agreement:

Discount pushes Canadian gold trust into open-end EFT

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Pett
National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2340742

Access to gold bullion continues to expand for Canadian investors, after Claymore Investments Inc. announced it will convert the closed-end Claymore Gold Bullion Trust into an open-end exchange traded fund in January.

Fabrice Taylor: The gold bubble myth

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Fabrice Taylor
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Monday, December 14, 2009

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/features/...

It's easy to say gold is a bubble. It's up more than 26 percent in the past six months, so it has to be, right?

J.S. Kim: Disinformation obscures great opportunity in gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:30a ET Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

J.S. Kim, proprietor of the SmartKnowledgeU investment advisory service, cites GATA's work in his new essay, "An Unbelievable Opportunity in Gold," in which he argues that gold is subject to enormous disinformation in the West. You can find Kim's essay at his Internet site, the Underground Investor, here:

Nouriel Roubini thinks he knows nearly everything about gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:50p ET Monday, December 14, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Nouriel Roubini, the celebrity economist, has just published a denunciation, "The New Bubble in the Barbarous Relic That Is Gold":

http://www.roubini.com/analysis/91695.php

Ted Butler: Extreme speculation

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:50p ET Monday, December 14, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

U.S. Mint resumes bullion coin sales with rationing

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:46p ET Monday, December 14, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Mike Zielinski of the Mint News Blog reports that the U.S. Mint has resumed sales of its suspended bullion coins but has reinstated its rationing system. You can find Zielinski's report at Mint News Blog here:

http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/return-of-gold-and-silver-eagle...

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