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Barrick slashes jobs at head office; director Anthony Munk to resign

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Niall McGee
The Globe & Mail, Toronto
Friday, December 21, 2018

Barrick Gold Corp. is making deep cuts to its Toronto head office even before its acquisition of Randgold Resources Ltd. has closed -- and long-standing director Anthony Munk is stepping down from the board.

South Florida gold refiner caught with 'blood gold' files bankruptcy

Section: Daily Dispatches

As Feds Target 'Blood Gold' and Dirty Money, This Miami Refinery Has Bigger Problems

By Nicholas Nehamas, Jay Weaver, and Jim Wyss
Miami Herald
Friday, December 21, 2018

Support GATA by subscribing to The Calandra Report

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:34a ET Thursday, December 20, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our longtime friend the intrepid world-traveling market analyst Thom Calandra, publisher of The Calandra Report financial letter, is generously offering GATA supporters a deeply discounted one-year subscription offer in which half the price will be donated to GATA.

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: The endless war on gold and silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:56p ET Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fall to lowest since May 2017

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew Mayeda and Katherine Greifeld
Bloomberg News
Monday, December 17, 2018

China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell to the lowest in a year and a half, as its foreign currency reserves declined and the yuan weakened near a key symbolic level.

The $7.9 trillion pile of negative-yielding debt is growing fast

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ruth Carson and Chikako Mogi
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

For all the hand wringing over the end of ultra-loose monetary policy, the world just doesn't seem able to shake its addiction to negative-yielding debt.

From China: 'GATA is not wrong'

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:23p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to C.C., our new friend in Shanghai, China, for alerting us to Chinese-language commentary published in August in the Hong Kong Economic Journal that cited GATA extensively, even taking for illustration the GATA painting by Alain Despert:

https://www1.hkej.com/dailynews/investment/article/1914231/

Banks' confessions refute 'conspiracy theory' scorn of gold rigging complaints, Murphy says

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:32p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Dunagun Kaiser of Reluctant Preppers today interviews GATA Chairman Bill Murphy and they express amazement that complaints of gold market manipulation are still dismissed as "conspiracy theory" even as investment banks increasingly confess to market rigging.

Ronan Manly: Venezuela's gold in limbo amid tug-of-war at Bank of England

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:12p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star gold researcher Ronan Manly today provides a detailed update about Venezuela's attempt to repatriate its gold from the Bank of England. As best as Manly can determine, the bank still has not released the metal.

Will gold and silver miners join the lawsuits against JPMorganChase?

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:50p ET Monday, December 17, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Are gold and silver mining companies joining the class-action lawsuits being filed against investment bank JPMorganChase because of the confession by a former futures trader for the bank who has pleaded guilty to manipulating the monetary metals markets?:

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