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London Metal Exchange dismissed from U.S. price-fixing lawsuits

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By Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

NEW YORK -- A judge has dismissed London Metal Exchange Ltd as a defendant from U.S. antitrust litigation accusing banks and commodity companies of conspiring to drive up aluminum prices by restricting supply, hurting manufacturers and purchasers.

Koos Jansen: Comparison of Chinese silver price is complicated by 17% tax

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:17a ET Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports today that silver prices reported from Shanghai have been including a 17-percent sales tax, complicating their comparison to prices outside the country. Jansen writes that he'll be investigating this subject. His commentary is posted at Bullion Star here:

Leeb suspects a Chinese 'put' under the gold price

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:22p ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fund manager Stephen Leeb tells King World News today that he thinks China again has placed a "put" under the gold price:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/8/26_Ex...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

GATA secretary to speak at London's Mines and Money conference in December

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:56p ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Clive Maund: Will U.S. break Russia to maintain dollar hegemony?

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11:30a ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Chinese gold demand is stronger than reported, MineWeb's Williams writes

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:08a ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Chinese gold demand is not slipping as much as mainstream financial news media reports suggest, MineWeb's Lawrence Williams writes today, citing gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen:

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-gold-analysis?oid=2511...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

Maybe for another $100 they'll throw in the gold mining company too

Section: Daily Dispatches

Bradian, B.C., Former Mining Town, Up for Sale

From the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Toronto
Friday, August 22, 2014

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bradian-b-c-former-mining...

If property prices are getting you down, you could become the proud owner of an entire town for about the same price as a home in a big city like Vancouver or Toronto.

Eurozone opens doors to QE as Germany and France stumble

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Titcomb
The Telegraph, London
Monday, August 25, 2014

The eurozone has moved closer to adopting further radical measures to ward off a second recession and a spiral of deflation after its two biggest economies fell deeper into trouble yesterday.

In KWN interview, Embry warns of currency system apocalypse

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:20p ET Monday, August 25, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Surveying for King World News the increasing intervention in markets by central banks, Sprott Asset Management's John Embry quotes Ludwig von Mises in predicting a currency system apocalypse, echoing the observations a few weeks ago of GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod:

http://www.gata.org/node/14302

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