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Chris Temple''s commentary on Morgan, Barrick, and the Blanchard lawsuit

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:56a ET Friday, January 3, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The story from CBSMarketWatch about J.P. Morgan
Chase that is appended here is especially interesting
for its last three paragraphs, wherein the company
denies any liability in regard to gold -- quot;any real
exposure,quot; to quote the company's chairman exactly.
The chairman insists that he doesn't know where the
Morgan/gold quot;rumorquot; comes from, and the company's

(No subject)

Section: Daily Dispatches

10a ET Friday, January 3, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Kitco has posted some very interesting commentary
by Chris Temple, editor of NationalInvestor.com,
about Morgan Chase, Barrick Gold, and the Blanchard
lawsuit against them. You can find it here:

a href=http://www.kitco.com/ind/Temple/jan022003.htmlhttp://www.kitco.com/ind/T...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

How could anyone think that Morgan Chase is in the gold business?

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:34p ET Friday, January 3, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As you can see from the Reuters story appended
here, Morgan Chase stomped around a little more
today supposedly in pursuit of that nasty quot;rumorquot;
that the bank has some connection to the gold
business. Morgan continues to ask the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate
the quot;rumor,quot; as if its origin was something other

Excerpts from ''Midas'' commentary at www.LeMetropoleCafe.com

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:34p ET Friday, January 3, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As you can see from the Reuters story appended
here, Morgan Chase stomped around a little more
today supposedly in pursuit of that nasty quot;rumorquot;
that the bank has some connection to the gold
business. Morgan continues to ask the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate
the quot;rumor,quot; as if its origin was something other

Morgan settles Enron case with insurers

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:23p ET Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Check Gold-Eagle for a heartfelt and moving essay
by our friend who long has posted on the gold
bulletin boards under the name Farfel. It is titled
quot;Soothed by Golden Voices in the Darkness of My
Night,quot; and it resonates strongly with those of us
at GATA who long have felt as if we live on
another planet or in a parallel universe, given the

J.P. Morgan says it will take $1.3 billion in charges

Section: Daily Dispatches

JP MORGAN CHASE PRESS RELEASE

JPMorgan Chase announces settlement
of surety case with 10 out of 11 insurers

Thursday January 2, 2003

NEW YORK(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.P. Morgan Chase amp; Co.
announced today that it has settled its dispute with 10 of
the 11 insurance companies regarding the surety contracts
issued by those companies that guaranteed obligations of
Enron Corp. to JPMorgan Chase under prepaid commodity

Recommended reading at Gold-Eagle

Section: Daily Dispatches

J.P. Morgan says it will take $1.3 billion in charges

a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030102/financial_jpmorgan_outlook_1.htmlhttp://b...

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Reuters) -- J.P. Morgan Chase amp; Co.
said on Thursday it would take about $1.3 billion pretax in
charges for litigation related to Enron Corp. and the global
research settlement announced late last month.

The loneliness of the parallel universe

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:58p ET Monday, December 23, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend Dr. Richard S. Appel, publisher of the
excellent Financial Insights newsletter, has an
essay at Kitco arguing that the fates of gold, silver,
and the dollar have been sealed by the recent
anti-deflation comments of Federal Reserve officials.
Here is one more close observer of the Fed who has
concluded that a big change in policy is under way.

Sinclair explains why U.S. government will want a higher gold price

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold hedge fever

Hedging gold price risk may allow a producer
to make greater profits, and may depress the
price of gold in the process. Is that any
reason to sue?

By Martin Murenbeeld
National Post, Canada
Friday, December 20, 2002

a href=http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost/story.html?id=http://www.natio...
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Morgan e-mails citing ''disguised loans'' are admitted as evidence

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:13p ET Monday, December 23, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend James Sinclair, chairman of Tan Range
Exploration, has written an important new essay
explaining how a higher gold price is likely to become
United States government policy for rescuing the
dollar. You can find it here:

a href=http://www.tanrange.com/s/ChairmansCorner.asp?ReportID=45898http://www.t...

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