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CFTC's Gensler turns back on Wall Street to push derivatives overhaul
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-02-12 08:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ian Katz and Robert Schmidt
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 12, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a3OkrdITAZtA&pos=10
WASHINGTON -- Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is shattering any illusions that his 18 years at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. would make him sympathetic to Wall Street's effort to weaken derivatives legislation.
Goldman Sachs may be rigging more than markets
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-02-11 17:59 Section: Daily DispatchesGoldman Sachs Faces 'Robin Hood tax' Vote-Rigging Claims
By Rupert Neate
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, February 11, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7217200/...
GATA Chairman Murphy interviewed on 'Wall Street Shuffle'
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-02-11 17:22 Section: Daily Dispatches5:30p ET Thursday, February 11, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy was interviewed for about 15 minutes Wednesday by Dan Cofall on his "Wall Street Shuffle" program on WFXR-AM1190 in Dallas-Fort Worth and you can listen to the program here:
http://thewallstreetshuffle.com/podcasts/021010-Seg2.mp3
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Let the devaluations begin (or continue) with Vietnam
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-02-11 17:13 Section: Daily DispatchesVietnam's Devaluation Helps Shore Up Dong, but Problems Remain
By Alex Frangos and Patrick Barta
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, February 11, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870433700457505894333300565...
Treasury hides lots more Plunge Protection Team minutes
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-02-11 12:09 Section: Daily DispatchesPlot Thickens in Battle of 'The Plunge'
By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, February 11, 2010
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/plot_thickens_in_the_battle_of_the...
The Treasury Department has records of the secret meetings that its President's Working Group on Financial Markets held to discuss the troubled financial markets, after all.
Egon von Greyerz: Sovereign alchemy will fail
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-02-11 11:57 Section: Daily Dispatches12 noon ET Thursday, February 11, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Niall Ferguson: A Greek crisis is coming to America
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-02-11 11:39 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Niall Ferguson
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f90bca10-1679-11df-bf44-00144feab49a.html?ncli...
Midas touch lost? Paulson hits hurdles in gold fund
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-02-10 17:42 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gregory Zuckerman
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870361590457505379343906245...
It took John Paulson months to convince investors that housing would crumble.
Now it's taking him a while to get them excited about gold, his latest passion.
German financial site interviews GATA's Dimitri Speck
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-02-10 15:29 Section: Daily Dispatches3:30p ET Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Maybe that's why the Vietnamese want gold so much
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-02-10 14:53 Section: Daily DispatchesVietnam Devalues Dong Again, This Time by More Than 3%
By John Ruwitch
Reuters
via Interactive Investor, London
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7745834&subject=econom...