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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42220)	12/5/2005 10:17:08 AM
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Is $800 Gold On the Way? BY DAN DORFMAN nysun.com

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42220)	12/5/2005 10:24:31 AM
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Intel to invest $1 bln in India NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, plans to invest more than $1 billion in India to strengthen its research and development and invest in telecoms and technology start-ups, its chairman said on Monday. California-based Intel (Nasdaq:INTC - news) has a development center in Bangalore, India's technology hub, which designs and develops software to power chips that drive computers and high-end networks for Internet-based applications. It has already invested $700 million in Asia's third-largest economy over the past decade and provided venture funding worth more than $100 million to 40 firms such as computer trainer NIIT Ltd. (NIIT.BO) and telecoms software firm Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. (SKCT.BO). "We will grow our local operations, boost venture capital investments and work closely with the government, industry and educators," Chairman Craig Barrett told reporters. Barrett, on his seventh visit to India, said $800 million would be invested over the next five years to expand research and development at Bangalore in addition to marketing, education and community programs. The Bangalore center, opened in 1998, has 2,800 employees. Intel is among a long list of firms that have set up huge outsourcing operations in India, which have become the driving force of a $17.2 billion software services industry. VENTURE FUND The firm will also create a $250 million India-specific venture fund to invest in start-ups focusing on mobile communications, broadband applications and mobile commerce. Intel's earlier Indian investments have ranged from $500,000 to $10 million. Some firms it backed, such as Rediff.com (Nasdaq:REDF - news), have gone public. India's booming technology and telecoms sectors have been the flywheels of economic growth over the past three years as overseas and domestic demand for such services has exploded. Dozens of entrepreneurs are searching for quality funding, and a stock market boom has handsomely rewarded early investors. Barrett said Intel was in talks with the government on setting up a chip-making facility in India, but no decision had been reached yet. Smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news) has stolen a march on Intel by signing a deal with consortium SemIndia to supply technology for a proposed $3 billion chip-making factory in the country. Barrett said if the firm did set up a chip fabricating unit in India, it would be wholly-owned by Intel. Indian demand for chips is seen at $30 billion a year by 2015 as low penetration levels, rising incomes and soaring aspirations fuel demand for electronic products such as televisions, mobile handsets and washing machines. Analysts say India does not have a chip-making facility yet due to a lack of continuous power and deficient ports and roads. news.yahoo.com

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42220)	12/5/2005 11:15:12 AM
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Australian gold sector loses investment gleam theage.com.au

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42220)	12/5/2005 12:30:36 PM
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Quick Death for Tax Reform globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mish

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (42220)	12/8/2005 6:43:32 PM
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KT, I sent e-mails to CME and CFTC about small/large specs reporting limits. Surprisingly I got replies from both. 1. CME (and I guess other exchanges) just reports to CFTC. They have just one "Reportable Level" and "Position Limit" Please be advised that there is no such thing as “large spec” or “small spec” at CME. Users are either speculators or hedgers. Regardless, the reportable level is 100 contracts. Speculative position limit for S&P 500 (or related e-Mini’s) is 20,000 contracts net futures equivalent. (e-Mini contracts are counted five for one to the large contract. Commodity Reportable Level TRAKRS 50,000 Eurodollars 850 Australian Dollar 200 British Pound 200 Canadian Dollar 200 Euro Currency Unit 200 Japanese Yen 200 Swiss Franc 200 Single Stock Futures 200 1-Month LIBOR 100 90-Day Treasury Bills 100 S&P 500 100 E-Mini S&P 500 100 Nikkei Stock Index 50 5-Year Bundle 45 Frozen Pork Belly 5 2. CFTC receives reports and splits them between small and large. CFTC Large-Trader Reporting Levels cftc.gov