Odds ‘n Sods:

 Hawaiian K. forwarded us this piece from Mineweb: $3,400 Gold – pipe dream or possibility?

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Treasury Secretary Paulson tells U.S. Congress current debt ceiling will be hit on Oct. 1

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From MSN Money: What the big banks aren’t telling you — yet

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An editorial from The Financial Times: The Bank loses a game of chicken. From the same publication, we also read: Ease of FOREX swaps vanishes in rush for cash