Daily Dispatches

Western central banks join Japan's in rigging yen market

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-03-17 20:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

Central Banks Intervene to Weaken Yen After Post-Quake Surge

By Keith Jenkins and Yoshiaki Nohara
Bloomberg News
Thursday, March 17, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-18/g-7-intervenes-to-weaken-yen-as...

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Gene Arensberg: Commercial shorting less aggressive than expected

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-03-17 11:16 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:12a ET Thursday, March 17, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gene Arensberg's latest Got Gold Report posted in the clear finds the large commercial traders not as aggressively short as might be expected but other traders dumping their long positions. Arensberg's latest is headlined "Gold COT, Bargain Hunt Under Way" and you can find it here:

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Alasdair Macleod: How precious metals will replace fiat money

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-03-17 10:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:47a ET Thursday, March 17, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Mining shares manipulated too, Embry tells King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2011-03-16 16:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:45p ET Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Big banks investigated over LIBOR rate manipulation

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-15 20:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Brooke Masters, Patrick Jenkins, and Justin Baer
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab563882-4f08-11e0-9c25-00144feab49a.html

Regulators in the United States, Japan, and UK are investigating whether some of the biggest banks conspired to "manipulate" the benchmark interest rate used to calculate the cost of billions of dollars of debt.

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Gold Standard Institute letter cites another stunning admission by Fed Governor Warsh

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-15 17:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:03p ET Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Fox Business examines silver price manipulation complaint

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-15 11:29 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:24a ET Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Eric Sprott and Andrew Morris: Debunking the gold bubble myth

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-15 11:05 Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold isn't in any sort of bubble, because so few investors own it, Eric Sprott and Andrew Morris of Sprott Asset Management write in amply charted commentary headlined "Debunking the Gold Bubble Myth." You can find it at the Sprott Internet site here: