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GATA's Ed Steer to speak at Vancouver conference May 15-16
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-05-04 10:33 Section: Daily Dispatches10:34a ET Friday, May 4, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Board of Directors member Ed Steer, editor of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, a daily letter of financial news and analysis (https://edsteergoldsilver.com/), will speak at Cambridge House's International Mining Investment Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 15-16.
The BIS press office may be the new Maytag repairman
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-05-04 09:44 Section: Daily Dispatches9:54a ET Friday, May 4, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA consultant Robert Lambourne, our expert on the Bank for International Settlements, noted this week that the BIS is late in posting its monthly statement of account for March, which typically contains obscure data about the bank's largely surreptitious interventions in the gold market on behalf of its client central banks.
GATA Chairman Murphy, mining entrepreneur Neumeyer interviewed on manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-05-03 19:48 Section: Daily Dispatches7:51p ET Thursday, May 3, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
South African gold miners settle lung-disease lawsuit
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-05-03 10:35 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Felix Njini
Bloomberg News
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Mining companies including Anglo-American Plc agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit from workers who said they contracted deadly lung diseases in South African gold mines.
Mike Kosares: The case for gold in the era of financial virtual reality
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-05-02 16:26 Section: Daily Dispatches4:28p ET Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Goldman Sachs to pay $110 million to resolve forex probes
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2018-05-01 12:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Greg Farrell
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has agreed to pay about $110 million to resolve allegations that its foreign exchange traders improperly shared information about client orders on an electronic chat room, putting clients at a disadvantage.
Venezuela stops paying $1 billion debt to Canadian gold miner
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-04-30 16:09 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jonathan Wheatley
Financial Times, London
Monday, April 30, 2018
Venezuela has stopped making payments on more than $1 billion it owes to a Canadian mining company, highlighting the country's extreme difficulties in paying off its overseas debt.
Zimbabwe's former central banker says he printed money to prevent coup
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2018-04-29 12:06 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Bulawayo 24 News
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono says he was forced to print money even when he knew it would cause hyperinflation because the government was desperate to forestall a coup by hungry soldiers.
St. Louis Fed says bitcoin is 'like regular currency'
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2018-04-29 11:19 Section: Daily DispatchesBy David Z. Morris
Fortune magazine, New York
Saturday, April 28, 2018
http://fortune.com/2018/04/28/st-louis-federal-reserve-says-bitcoin-is-l...
Paris to decide fate of huge gold mine in forests of French Guiana
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-04-27 11:09 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Chloe Farand
The Guardian, London
Friday, April 27, 2018
Through the window of the small propeller plane leaving the capital, Cayenne, the jungle's canopy stretches out as far as the eye can see.
More than 90% covered by luxuriant rainforest, French Guiana has little in common with mainland France bar the name.
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