links monday

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Stocks Pass 14,000 on Rate Cut Hope
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071001/wall_street.html?.v=43

Citigroup, UBS Warn of Loan Losses
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071001/bank_losses.html?.v=3
ar Wyatt faces as much as two years in prison after pleading guilty to bribing Iraqi officials in exchange for the right to buy oil in violation of the United Nations oil-for-food program
jcline1: guess he will j

biz.yahoo.com/ft/071001/fto100120071147056095.html?.v=1

Citigroup Sees 3Q Earns Down 60 Percent
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071001/citigroup_outlook.html?.v=4

Front Street Resource Performance Fund Announces Filing of Final Prospectus and Exchange Ratios
biz.yahoo.com/iw/071001/0309024.html

Thomas Weisel Partners Announces Agreement to Acquire Westwind Partners, a Prominent Toronto-Based Resource Focused Firm
biz.yahoo.com/iw/071001/0308798.html


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MINING
**WallSt.net Announces Upcoming Interview with CEO of CanAm Uranium
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071001/lam018.html?.v=101
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Royalty-free mining days may be near end
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-09-30-mining_N.htm?csp=34
Strong mining sector helps FTSE 100 post solid gains news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071001/wl_uk_afp/britainstocks_071001164325

**Shareholders of mining giant Rio Tinto shareholders back Alcan takeover
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070928/wl_uk_afp/australiabritaincanadametalstakeover_070928074657
Thomas Weisel Partners to acquire investment bank Westwind for $146.7M
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071001/business/weisel_westwind_1

**Raft of WA juniors flocks to cashed-up Canadian bourse
www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=32&ContentID=41979
Kodiak Drills 1.6m Grading 38.47 gpt Gold, Cuts 11.6m Grading 32.96 gpt Gold
biz.yahoo.com/iw/071001/0309193.html

biz.yahoo.com/cnw/071001/e_fgr_closes_priv_plc.html?.v=1
Forest Gate Closes Non-Brokered Private Placement

biz.yahoo.com/ccn/071001/200710010416431001.html?.v=1
Hawk Uranium Inc. Increases Interest in Claims in McFaulds Lake Area of the James Bay Lowlands -
which it holds under an Option and Joint Venture Agreement between Hawk, Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. and MacDonald Mines Exploration Lt

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DIAMONDS
Diamond Trade: Efforts Put Mumbai on Global Radar
www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=36146

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OF INTEREST
HSBC Securities Services Successfully Automates Corporate Actions Processing with CheckFree eVent
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071001/clm153.html?.v=21

Wyatt Guilty in Iraq Oil Case, Faces 2-Year Jail Term www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNDoxcPuWxPY&refer=home
Texas billionaire Oscar Wyatt faces as much as two years in prison after pleading guilty to bribing Iraqi officials in exchange for the right to buy oil in violation of the United Nations oil-for-food program
guess he will join Chalman

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DERIVATIVES
Stretched to their breaking point by derivatives
news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071001/bs_ft/fto100120070731226052

Where have all the derivatives specialists gone?
www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=129134&d=415&h=417&f=262
Companies Act ushers in derivatives actions
oin Chalman