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China's yuan joins IMF reserves in first revision since 1999

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Robin Ganguly
Bloomberg News
Saturday, October 1, 2016

The yuan took on the mantle of a global reserve currency Saturday, a milestone that is seen breathing life into China's bond markets by prompting estimated inflows of as much as $1 trillion over the next five years.

LBMA said to enter talks with Autilla, Boat on gold platform

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By Eddie Van Der Walt
Bloomberg News
Friday, September 30. 2016

The London Bullion Market Association has started negotiations with two financial technology firms to create a trading platform for precious metals, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Deutsche, Paschi, Nomura staff charged over false accounts, market manipulation

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By Sonia Sirletti and Sergio Di Pasquale
Bloomberg News
Saturday, October 1, 2016

China seeking to succeed where Japan failed in yuan's global push

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By Justina Lee and Enda Curran
Bloomberg News
Thursday, September 29, 2016

As China's yuan takes the first steps toward becoming a global reserve currency, Japan offers a lesson on how hard it is to rival the dollar's supremacy.

Secret Alpine gold vaults are the new Swiss bank accounts

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By Hugo Miller and Stephanie Baker
Bloomberg News
Friday, September 30, 2016

Deep in the Swiss Alps, next to an old airstrip suitable for landing Gulfstream and Falcon jets, is a vast bunker that holds what may be one of the world’s largest stashes of gold.

Ted Butler: The biggest scandal

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10:37a ET Friday, September 30, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In New Orleans you can't lose -- unless you miss Friday's room reservation deadline

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By Brien Lundin
New Orleans Investment Conference
Thursday, September 29, 2016

You may be missing out on a fortune.

Hundreds of investors are multiplying their money as much as five times within weeks. They're discovering junior gold stocks that quickly turn $10,000 into as much as $300,000, and sometimes much more.

Some Deutsche Bank clients reduce collateral on trades

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By William Canny
Bloomberg News
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Amid mounting concern about Deutsche Bank's ability to withstand pending legal penalties, about 10 hedge funds that do business with the German lender have moved to reduce their financial exposure. The shares slumped.

Alasdair Macleod: America is on a slippery slope

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4:05p ET Thursday, September 29, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The decline of the American empire, GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes today, will increase the strategic necessity of gold and the risk of war. Macleod's commentary is headlined "America is on a Slippery Slope" and it's posted at GoldMoney here:

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