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Rule gives KWN alternative arguments for resource investing

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:40p ET Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Financial Times: Banks plan to write off derivatives when a counterparty fails

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Banks Rewrite Derivatives Rules to Cope with Future Crisis

By Tom Braithwaite and Tracy Alloway
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/aeb57e26-4e6d-11e4-bfda-00144feab7de.html

NEW YORK -- The world's biggest banks have agreed to tear up the rulebook on derivatives to make it easier to resolve a future failing institution like Lehman Brothers.

China is maneuvering to get its currency included in IMF's super-currency

Section: Daily Dispatches

China Currency Push Takes Aim at Dollar

By David Marsh
USA Today, Tyson's Corner, Virginia
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/10/07/china-currency-p...

Gold initiative would hamper policy, Swiss government says

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Yes, guys, that's the point, in case you didn't notice.

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By Catherine Bosley
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/swiss-gold-initiative-would-ham...

China wants say in 'price discovery' in everything

Section: Daily Dispatches

Time to Focus on Chinese Derivatives

By William Barkshire
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5514b5dc-4e02-11e4-adfe-00144feab7de.html

There have been many false dawns in the progress to open up China's participation in global capital markets.

Russia, South Africa in talks to support platinum price

Section: Daily Dispatches

Why not? OPEC itself was formed in part to counter Western control of the currency markets, one cartel giving rise to a counter-cartel.

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By Yuliya Fedorinova and Andre Janse van Vuuren
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/russia-south-africa-seek-to-sup...

NYTimes: Big banks face another round of U.S. charges over currency market rigging

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By Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
The New York Times
Monday, October 6, 2014

The Justice Department is preparing a fresh round of attacks on the world's biggest banks, again questioning Wall Street's role in a broad array of financial markets.

More tape painting in gold by the central planners, Turk tells KWN

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:16a ET Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Friday's smash of the gold futures price, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News, was another typical tape-painting operation by the central planners for short-term psychological purposes. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the KWN blog here:

Glencore plans massive merger with Rio Tinto

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Matthew Campbell, Zijing Wu, and Jesse Riseborough
Bloomberg News
Monday, October 6, 2014

Glencore Plc is laying the groundwork for a potential merger with Rio Tinto Group (RIO) in the next year that would create the world’s largest mining company, worth about $160 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.

Financial letter writer Ron Rosen takes gold price suppression for granted

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:10p ET Monday, October 6, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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