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LME hopes gold futures contract will be blueprint for reform
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2017-07-17 06:51 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Henry Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Monday, July 17, 2017
The London Metal Exchange is looking to its first gold futures contract in 30 years as a blueprint for an overhaul of the 140-year-old exchange, which has been struggling in the face of fierce competition and tough market conditions.
Gold shops: Coming to a high street near you?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2017-07-16 20:58 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jon Yeomans
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Steer's Saturday Gold & Silver Digest letter posted at GoldSeek
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2017-07-16 09:53 Section: Daily Dispatches9:58a ET Sunday, July 16, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA board member Ed Steer's Saturday letter for his Gold & Silver Digest is posted in the clear at GoldSeek here:
http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1500253200.php
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
Alasdair Macleod: The logic of modern gold standard
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-07-13 15:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney.com, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Russia's Sberbank begins physical gold trading on Shanghai exchange
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-07-13 15:36 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alexander Winning
Reuters
Thursday, July 13, 2017
MOSCOW -- Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, said today that its Swiss subsidiary had begun trading physical gold on the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
Bullion Star's primer on the Shanghai Gold Exchange
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-07-13 09:03 Section: Daily Dispatches9:06a ET Thursday, July 13, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bullion Star today presents a primer on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, covering its objectives, products, connection to the Chinese currency, members, vaulting, settlement accounts, and advisers. The primer is headlined "Mechanics of the Shanghai International Gold Exchange" and it's posted at Bullion Star here:
Bitcoin's acceptance among retailers is low and getting lower
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-07-12 21:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Lily Katz
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Retailers were already skeptical about letting customers pay with bitcoin before the cryptocurrency's price underwent an astronomical rally this year. That rapid surge hasn't made them any more accepting. In fact, it may have done the opposite.
German police search for stolen gold coin the size of a manhole cover
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-07-12 21:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alex Horton
Washington Post
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Brother, can you spare a gigantic gold coin?
Hundreds of special German police officers executed raids across several buildings across southern Berlin early today, nabbing four suspects in the hunt for a 220-pound gold coin valued at about $3.9 million. It was stolen from Berlin's Bode Museum in March, where it had been since 2010.
CME Group CEO calls gold wildly underpriced but feigns nothing to do with it
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-07-12 18:43 Section: Daily Dispatches6:49p ET Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Is anyone still expecting reform from the Republicans?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-07-12 11:03 Section: Daily DispatchesJPMorgan Hires New Head of Global Government Relations
By David Henry
Reuters
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-jpmorgan-moves-idUSKBN19X20W?il=0
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