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Newmont''s acquisition of Normandy seen putting a floor under gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2002-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Darren Schuettler and Sophie Hares
JOHANNESBURG/SYDNEY, Jan 3 (Reuters) -- Newmont Mining
looked poised to win a takeover battle for Australia's
Normandy Mining with a sweetened bid on Thursday, as
AngloGold Ltd refused to up its latest offer.
U.S.-based Newmont had earlier boosted the cash element
of its offer by 10 Australian cents per share, with the Normandy
board recommending the A$4.3 billion (U.S. $2.2 billion) offer.
AngloGold raises bid for Normandy, cites cooperation with Barrick
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2001-12-27 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Bill Murphy
www.LeMetropoleCafe.com
December 19, 2001
The following documentation and statements were presented
in Reg Howe's lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Boston against
the Bank for International Settlements, Fed Chairman Alan
Greenspan, New York Fed President William J. McDonough,
J.P. Morgan amp; Co. Inc., Chase Manhattan Corp., Citigroup Inc.,
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, and former
ESF admits working with Fed to keep close watch on gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2001-12-27 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Walter Watson
SYDNEY, Dec 27 (Reuters) -- South Africa's AngloGold Ltd hit back
against Newmont Mining Corp in the battle for Normandy Mining Ltd
on Thursday, boosting its bid by 10 cents cash a share to value the
Australian gold miner at about A$4.1 billion (US$2.1 billion).
However, at the close of Australian trade the offer still valued
Normandy at only A$1.83 a share, compared to Denver-based
Bank of Italy accounts show evidence of gold swap deception
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2001-12-19 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11p ET Monday, December 17, 2001
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA consultant Mike Bolser has discovered that something
big is happening with J.P. Morgan's gold derivatives as
reported to the U.S. Office of the Controller of the
Currency. Mike's analysis is described in a new posting
at Reg Howe's Internet site, here:
a href=http://www.goldensextant.com/Charts.html#anchor161737http://www.goldense...
Morgan''s gold position is being hidden; and more on Godsell''s comments
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2001-12-17 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:24p ET Sunday, December 16, 2001
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Our friend Jay Taylor of J Taylor's Gold amp; Technology Stocks
newsletter reports that U.S. Rep. Ron Paul believes that the
Exchange Stabilization Fund is intervening in the gold and
silver markets and that he is drafting legislation to forbid
it. Read about it here at www.Gold-Eagle.com:
a href=http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_01/taylor121701.htmlhttp://www.gol...
Helpful comments from AngloGold''s Godsell, and heartfelt thanks from S. Africa
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2001-12-16 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBattle for Normandy sets the scene
for a shift in power in the gold industry
By Nic Hopkins
London Times
December 14, 2001
a href=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,37-2001575099,00.htmlhttp://www.the...
Bobby Godsell, the chief executive of AngloGold, was
not in the least bit happy. The man in charge of the
world's biggest gold company should have been basking
Nine-page special report about GATA in New African magazine
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2001-12-16 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Sunday, December 16, 2001
The Christmas/end-of-year holiday season is a time of
reflection for many of us. As a result of the terrorist
attacks and other strife in the world, the closing of
2001 may be more poignant than most years. It certainly
is for me, as chairman of the Gold Anti-Trust Action
Committee.
Chris Powell and I will soon commence Year 4 in our
Essay in Barron''s protests Fed''s shredding its minutes
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2001-12-16 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches6:05p ET Sunday, December 16, 2001
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's dispatch this evening mentioned
briefly something of great encouragement to us: a nine-page
special report in the December issue of the New African
magazine about GATA and the suppression of the gold price.
The report includes the full text of Murphy's speech to the
GATA African Gold Summit in Durban, South Africa, last May,
Silver as money is proposed for Mexico''s economic liberation
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2001-12-16 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches8:45p ET Sunday, December 16, 2001
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Last week Barron's published an essay by Robert D.
Auerbach, a professor at the University of Texas,
complaining about the Federal Reserve's active
concealment of the public policies it carries out.
Interestingly, one of the Fed meetings cited by
Auerbach is the one in whose minutes GATA's
investigators discovered what we consider to be the
A few souvenir Krugerrands from Durban Roodeport Deep are still available
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2001-12-16 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9p ET Sunday, December 16, 2001
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The Mexican industrialist and patriot Hugo Salinas Price,
a longtime GATA supporter, got onto national television
in Mexico a couple of weeks ago for an interview advocating
the remonetarization of silver in that country.
Price was explaining and warning about dollar imperialism
long before GATA was even founded, and his analysis of
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