It's hard to understand the source of data and projections voiced in this piece. The analysis of the new initiative is just more like cheerleading. Need more outisde sources.

Although this article informs the audience with important information on the gold business during a global financial crisis. But it should tell us what the price was on Oct. 16, which was the day when gold was at its last highest point since this report. Gold is once more on the rise. But I wish I knew the deeper trend, other than just within the last financial cycle. I like that it attempts to briefly outline buyer concerns that the $700 billion financial bailout will cause more inflation of the dollar, sending more buyers to gold because of the "flight to quality" factor. Just a bit glib.

This is not a broad story. It's nice in the sense that we are given the Indian perspective on the global economic crisis. But I feel like there should be more analysis than this pre-packaged allaying of financial fears.

This article completes one function in telling the global audience of Venezuela's big purchase of foreign debt. It explains the reason -- the plunge of oil prices recently -- and the context regarding the country's neighbor and how their financial situation can affect them. But I just don't like how Venezuela is "considered" one of Latin America's riskiest credits" without backing up this statement with anything else but a blanket condemnation of socialism, solidifying investor's unqualified fears.