[e-gold-list] Argentina declares state of siege

2001-12-20 Thread James M. Ray
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4281-2001Dec20.html While this has nothing to do with gold currencies, it is an interesting story with its roots in currency-management failure. I wonder if this is actually an opportunity in disguise for some enterprising Argentinian? People need

[e-gold-list] Re: Argentina declares state of siege

2001-12-20 Thread Vince Callaway
Quote from the article: The recession was triggered by years of public overspending and heavy borrowing. Of course we don't know of any other country that has done that. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] e-gold Spends - grams default to replace USD, EUR to be supported

2001-12-20 Thread Reid Jackson-OP
On Sunday December 23, 2001 9:00 AM EST, the e-gold website will experience downtime in order to implement hardware and software upgrades. When the e-gold website emerges from this downtime: * e-metal Spends ordered via the e-gold Account Manager interface will be expressed by default in terms

[e-gold-list] Re: e-gold Spends - grams default to replace USD,EUR to be supported

2001-12-20 Thread Tristan Petersen
The move to a grams default emphasizes the fact that e-metal balances are accounted by weight of metal, as specified in the e-gold Account User Agreement: Technically, grams are units of mass. Which is important, since a gram of gold is always a gram of gold, even on the moon. However, you would

[e-gold-list] Re: bad news

2001-12-20 Thread SnowDog
[...]. Since the federal government has seized all of Zidar's assets, presumably they have seized his stock in GSR, making the US Federal Government roughly 25% owner of GSR. When the Federal Government seizes assets, it doesn't take ownership of them. After the trial, the assets will

[e-gold-list] Re: [dgc.chat] Euro

2001-12-20 Thread SnowDog
Hello! Digital currency is just that, and not weight by gold, gold backing is fine but not for transfers. You have waited to put the Euro on to the last minute, although you had Euro country currencies. I think the move to changing the e-gold system to default to 'AUG (grams of gold)', is

[e-gold-list] Re: bad news

2001-12-20 Thread Joyce Marie
So what exactly does this mean to us? JM --- Ken Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Wayne Zidar has been indicted for mail fraud and laundering the proceeds of a ponzi scheme. The indictment alleges that Mr. Zidar invested $2.4 million of the stolen money into Gold and Silver Reserve,

[e-gold-list] Re: bad news

2001-12-20 Thread Dmitry Salnikov
Hello All, Just a comment -- From: Ken Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: e-gold Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [e-gold-list] bad news Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:06:22 -0500 It truly grieves me to post this story, but the facts are already in source documents posted on the Internet and

[e-gold-list] Announcement. EURO purses in WebMoney Transfer system

2001-12-20 Thread Alexander Fedotov
Hello, this is just a brief official announcement. New type of purses was introduced yesterday in WebMoney Transfer ( http://www.wmtransfer.com )payment system. New payment units WME are backed by Euro deposited in the bank account of Guarantor (Hidmarsh Finance, Inc, Delaware) same way