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NY Fed worked steadily with AIG to avert bailout disclosures
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-01-17 02:19 Section: Daily DispatchesBy David Lawder and Mark Felsenthal
Reuters
Sunday, January 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60G0BV20100117
WASHINGTON -- The New York Federal Reserve Bank actively worked with bailed-out insurer AIG to build a case against disclosing details of AIG's payments to banks just days after the insurer considered making them public, documents released late on Saturday showed.
Ted Butler is enthused about CFTC movement on position limits
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-01-16 15:21 Section: Daily Dispatches12:18p PT Saturday, January 16, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Prophecy Resource Corp. supports GATA
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-01-15 18:06 Section: Daily Dispatches3p PT Friday, January 15, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Murray Pollitt's January market letter
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-01-15 15:13 Section: Daily Dispatches12:09p PT Friday, January 15, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Big mystery buyer for Treasuries; are his initials B.B.?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-01-15 11:30 Section: Daily DispatchesTreasury Bids Drive Speculation
By Michael Mackenzie
Financial Times, London
Thursday, January 14, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2588658-00ac-11df-ae8d-00144feabdc0.html?ncli...
Gold, silver markets seen as much harder target for CFTC
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-01-15 11:24 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Frank Tang
Reuters
Thursday, January 14, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E02720100115
NEW YORK -- U.S. futures regulators set their sights on precious metals markets on Thursday after unveiling plans to limit positions in energy contracts, but gold and silver trading will be harder to control.
CFTC unveils oil and gas limits; deemed light touch
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-01-15 11:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ayesha Rascoe and Tom Doggett
Reuters
Thursday, January 14, 2010
GATA plans reception Jan. 18 at end of Vancouver conference
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-01-13 22:58 Section: Daily Dispatches11p ET Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA will hold a public reception at the conclusion of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 18, in the rooftop lounge of one of the two conference hotels, the Fairmont Vancouver at 900 West Georgia St. There will be free snacks and a cash bar.
Market is remonetizing gold, and GFMS is sore about it
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-01-13 21:16 Section: Daily DispatchesInvestor Appetite Drives Gold to New Peak
By Chris Flood
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
LONDON -- Investors bought more gold than buyers of jewellery for the first time in three decades in 2009, highlighting the increasing impact of speculators on bullion prices.
Gabriel Sukenik: The Fed vs. the free market
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2010-01-12 23:25 Section: Daily Dispatches11:22p ET Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gabriel Sukenik, a senior at the University of Rochester, has posted at YouTube a 7 1/2-minute video titled "The Fed vs. the Free Market" that includes an interview with your secretary/treasurer, who should have put on a jacket and tie and looked directly into the camera. You can find the video at YouTube here:
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