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17 Aug 2011 20:46

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World: Hugo Chavez wants to nationalize Venezuela’s gold mining

Someone else must’ve read in the New York Times that gold is gaining against the dollar these days. Also, seeing the still-recovering Hugo Chavez bald is incredibly weird. source
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22 Dec 2010 23:29

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Biz: Dear Glenn Beck and Co.: Gold is old news. Invest in copper, guys

Copper prices hit a record high today, and one trader on the London Metal Exchange owns $3 billion in copper. Excuse us while we melt pennies in our garage. source
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21 Nov 2010 11:30

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Biz: In this post, we give the L.A. Times crap for having too many ads

  • We rip on the L.A. Times a lot for the massive amount of advertising it runs on its front page, on the front page of its Web site, and other places. One place we haven’t run them over the coals over is the article pages that often get linked on Google News. Above the ad is another 728×90 ad. So, in other words, you have FOUR ads above the fold. FOUR. And here’s a article about the dangers of buying precious metals from certain firms. And it’s surrounded by ads … that encourage you to buy precious metals. Whoever is on the staff of the ad side of the L.A. Times needs to do some serious thinking about the kind of precedent the heavy advertising creates for their paper. Because, we’ll tell you now – it’s not a good one. source
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05 Oct 2010 10:19

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Biz: We didn’t invest in gold when it was cheap, so we’re kinda pissed

Gold hit another record high today. Maybe there’s something to all those ads on Fox News suggesting we sell our first born to buy a pound of gold. source
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