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To: sea_urchin who wrote (683)8/21/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: ForYourEyesOnly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 81137
 
ASL Buybacks:

Anyone watching this? Any opinions?

They buy EVERY DAY......

Ashanti Goldfields Announces Purchase of
Own Shares

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 1998--Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited announces that it has
acquired through market purchases ordinary shares or securities representing ordinary shares (''Shares'') as
shown below:

Date Number Price Paid Shares Purchased
Purchased Purchased Lowest/Highest To Date

20 August 1998 10,000 US$ 7.50 2,400,235

The Shares which have been acquired will not be cancelled but will be held as treasury shares for possible
re-issue at the Board's discretion.



To: sea_urchin who wrote (683)8/27/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: Bill Murphy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 81137
 
Searle,
Well look out. Technically, everything could not look worse. For everything except bonds which could not look better.
Gold is tanking as a commodity right now, like the rest of them.
Perception is the name of the game. Defaults beginning to take hold around the world.
The day for gold cannot be too far off when the perception of its long term historic value as sound money returns.
In the mean time, ouch.