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London Metal Exchange dismissed from U.S. price-fixing lawsuits
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-08-27 08:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-08-27 08:16 Section: Daily Dispatches8:17a 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
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-26 17:24 Section: Daily Dispatches5:22p 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
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-26 15:55 Section: Daily Dispatches3:56p ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Alasdair Macleod: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Mackinder's prophecy
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-26 14:32 Section: Daily Dispatches2:30p ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Clive Maund: Will U.S. break Russia to maintain dollar hegemony?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-26 11:35 Section: Daily Dispatches11:30a ET Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Chinese gold demand is stronger than reported, MineWeb's Williams writes
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-26 10:12 Section: Daily Dispatches10:08a 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
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-25 22:35 Section: Daily DispatchesBradian, 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
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-25 20:55 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-25 17:24 Section: Daily Dispatches5:20p 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: