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If only the CFTC cared as much about gold ... or at all

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Marathon to Pay $1 Million
for Manipulating Oil Market

From Reuters
Wednesday, August 1, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN0134325020070801

WASHINGTON -- Marathon Petroleum Co. will pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. government charges that the company tried to manipulate crude oil markets, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Wednesday.

Shipping costs rise to record on Chinese demand

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Javier Blas
Financial Times, London
Sunday, August 5, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d5448e54-4378-11dc-a065-0000779fd2ac.html

LONDON -- The cost of shipping dry bulk commodities, such as coal, iron ore, and cereals, has surged to a new high boosted by strong demand, port congestion, and a significant lengthening of trade routes.

New York gold exhibit moves to New Orleans on eve of conference there

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:19p ET Sunday, August 5, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Of course illegal aliens will remain exempt

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Trans-Atlantic Travelers Must Give
48 Hours' Notice to Enter U.S.

By Andrew Ward and Stanley Pignal
Financial Times, London
Friday, August 3, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1169f782-41eb-11dc-8328-0000779fd2ac.html

Western European business travellers will be forced to give 48 hours' notice of their plans to visit the US under legislation signed on Friday by President George W. Bush.

Grandich manages to get quoted again on capping of gold price

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Futures Post Modest Gain

By Myra P. Saefong and Polya Lesova
MarketWatch.com
Thursday, August 2, 2007

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-futures-post-modest-gain/stor...

What a mystery: Wednesday's late jump in stocks prompts questions

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Thursday, August 2, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressReleasesMolt/idUSN0249660620070802

CHICAGO -- A big jump in stocks in the last half hour of trading late on Wednesday sparked speculation that a bad trade in the futures market was behind the unexpected rally, but CME Group, the world's largest futures exchange, said trading was normal.

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