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Government to regulate bitcoin -- will ESF next short bitcoin futures?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 21:17 Section: Daily DispatchesWeb Money Gets Laundering Rule
By Jeffrey Sparshott
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, March 21, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732437320457837461135112520...
The U.S. is applying money-laundering rules to "virtual currencies," amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit activities.
Pension fund seizure, capital controls legislated in Cyprus
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 21:05 Section: Daily DispatchesSee:
Cyprus Closes in on EU Bailout, U-turn on Levy
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/22/us-cyprus-parliament-idUSBRE92...
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Simon White: Cyprus -- the 'glue' of Europe
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 20:47 Section: Daily Dispatches8:50a HKT Saturday, March 23, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Hinde Capital's risk management executive Simon White writes today that even if the expropriation in Cyprus is limited to uninsured bank deposits of E100,000 and more, this may cause the flight of uninsured deposits in other euro-zone countries, which would be catastrophic for economic growth.
Martin Sibileau: Central bank secrecy means a manipulated gold market
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 11:45 Section: Daily Dispatches11:36p HKT Friday, March 22, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Martin Sibileau, an executive with a big investment firm in Toronto and author of the market letter "A View from the Trenches," last week completed a three-part series of essays about gold market manipulation.
Summary of Jim Sinclair's New York seminar
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 06:42 Section: Daily Dispatches6:39p HKT Friday, March 22, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The Anglo Far East bullion people have posted a summary of gold trader and mining entrepreneur Jim Sinclair's gold seminar in New York this week:
http://campaign.anglofareast.com/view.php?cid=909&rid=599&ds=afe_contact...
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Euro zone considers capital controls to protect against collapse of Cyprus
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 06:35 Section: Daily DispatchesSee:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/22/us-cyprus-parliament-idUSBRE92...
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Texas considers repatriating university pension fund's gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2013-03-22 06:18 Section: Daily DispatchesThe university pension fund's gold almost certainly is NOT being stored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which stores only central bank gold. Most likely the pension fund's gold is just a matter of Comex futures contracts, claimable against gold held in Comex-approved vaults.
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Perry, Some Lawmakers Want State's Gold Back in Texas
By Emily Ramshaw and Aman Batheja
Windfalls for Wall Street executives taking jobs in government
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2013-03-21 23:18 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Susanne Craig
The New York Times
Thursday, March 21, 2013
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/financial-windfalls-for-wall-st-e...
People usually say they go into government to perform public service. If they came from Wall Street, however, their former employers often provide another service.
Gold giants shrink to fit as Paulson pushes breakup
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2013-03-21 22:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Liezel Hill
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-20/gold-giants-shrink-to-fit-as-pa...
The 10 biggest gold companies, led by Barrick Gold Corp., spent more than $100 billion in the past 20 years buying new mines and projects around the globe. Now they're feeling pressure to throw the strategy into reverse.
New York Sun: Getting beyond the Fed
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2013-03-21 22:31 Section: Daily Dispatches10:24a HKT Friday, March 22, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The New York Sun reports today that U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, has proposed legislation for a review of the monetary system of the United States upon the hundredth anniversary of the creation of the Federal Reserve.
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