Report Says Medicare to Go Broke by 2019
03/24/2004

U.S. social security system going broke...
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Gold futures climb to one-month high
03/19/2004

CBS MARKETWATCH - Precious metal climbs as PPI index hints at U.S. inflation - Gold futures climbed to a high near $413 an ounce Thursday morning, the highest level seen in a month, after a key U.S. economic report hinted at inflation...
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S&P Still Bullish on Gold & Gold Stocks
03/11/2004

COMTEX - S&P remains bullish on gold and gold stocks despite the expectation of near-term weakness. The firm continues to believe that a bear market rally in the U.S. dollar will place downward pressure on the metal and the stocks, as evidenced by gold's negative reaction to today's trade deficit number...
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France might sell gold to fund research-minister
03/10/2004

REUTERS - France might consider selling some gold stocks to help finance a scientific research sector now working to rule in protest at inadequate state support, Research Minister Claudie Haignere said on Wednesday. The Bank of France, which has not sold gold in recent years, had no immediate comment on Haignere's suggestion during a radio interview...
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Buffet warns on dollar and greed
By Michael Harrison, Business Editor
03/08/2004

Warren Buffett, the American investment guru and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has issued a fresh warning over the way the US is deluging the world with dollars to fund its huge trade deficit.
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Gold: Where to from here?
03/03/2004

PERSONALFN.COM - Gold ended the 2003 at just over US$ 400 per ounce. It crossed the US$ 400 mark for the first time since February 1996, a good eight years ago. Expectations are running high and the number of investors bullish on gold has grown dramatically over the last one year. But, is gold a buy today?...
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Silver Rally Boosts Fuji Costs, Coeur D'Alene Profit
03/19/2004

BLOOMBERG - Ames Goldsmith Corp. co-founder Ronald Davies, who sells metal powders used by Dow Chemical Co. and Fuji Photo Film Co., said a rally in silver prices to a six- year high may force some customers to seek cheaper alternatives. Ames Goldsmith, a closely held company that processes about 50 million ounces of silver...
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India Gold - Marriage buying seen lifting demand
03/17/2004

REUTERS - Strong marriage-season buying of gold jewellery in India is likely to lift demand for the yellow metal in the world's largest consumer from next month, provided prices do not fluctuate much, traders said on Wednesday. April and May are generally the busiest months for marriages in the Hindu-majority country...
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Platinum hits 24-year high on industrial demand
03/10/2004

FINANCIAL TIMES - Platinum broke another 24-year high on Wednesday spurred by Japanese speculative buying after stronger-than-expected domestic growth data stimulated demand for industrial metals. Platinum prices peaked at $905 a troy ounce, exceeding the previous peak reached last week and $10 higher from its late quote in New York on Tuesday...
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Platinum Jumps to 24-Year High in London as Japan's Growth May Spur Demand
03/10/2004

REUTERS - A Bundesbank plan to sell gold over the next five years shows the yellow metal is no longer so important for central bank policy as it was, the German finance ministry said in a document obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. "The decision of the Bundesbank board shows gold reserves today no longer have the same...
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Will platinum set an all-time high in 2004?
03/04/2004

iAFRICA - With platinum breaking $900, there is an increased possibility that the precious and industrial metal could break $1000/oz in 2004 and then move to set an all-time high in US dollar terms. Platinum's current all-time high was established in the first quarter of 1980, when the metal soared above $1000/oz...
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