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Handelsblatt, London Evening Standard note gold price manipulation study

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11:25p ET Friday, February 28, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Yesterday's Bloomberg News story reporting a study that found manipulation likely in the daily gold price fixing in London --

http://www.gata.org/node/13700

Publicity about market manipulation will hasten gold's rise, Sprott says

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4p ET Friday, February 28, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ross Norman: Is the London fix fixed?

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2:14p ET Friday, February 28, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ross Norman, CEO of London bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, today defends the daily London gold price fixing against yesterday's Bloomberg News report of another study that has concluded that the fixing likely manipulates the gold price:

Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy, blames hackers for losses

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By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Sophie Knight
Reuters
Friday, February 28, 2014

TOKYO -- Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan on Friday, saying it may have lost nearly half a billion dollars worth of the virtual coins due to hacking into its faulty computer system. ...

... For the full story:

Alasdair Macleod: Gold in 2013 -- the foundation for 2014

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8:45p ET Friday, February 28, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

London gold fix study shows signs of decade of manipulation by bullion banks

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By Liam Vaughn
Bloomberg News
Thursday, February 27, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-28/gold-fix-study-shows-signs-of-d...

The London gold fix, the benchmark used by miners, jewelers, and central banks to value the metal, may have been manipulated for a decade by the banks setting it, researchers say.

Grant Williams: Return of speculators or a delivery default will prompt gold's next rise

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8:16p ET Thursday, February 27, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Singapore-based fund manager Grant Williams today tells King World News that gold will stop basing and resume its rise when speculators come back into the market and join the regular investors -- or when there is a delivery default. An excerpt from his interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

Koos Jansen: China's gold trade numbers broke all records in 2013

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8:10p ET Thursday, February 27, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Free Lauri Love! Free Lauri Love!

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British Man Charged with Hacking Federal Reserve Computers

By Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
Thursday, February 27, 2014

NEW YORK -- A British man has been charged with hacking into computer servers belonging to the U.S. Federal Reserve, and then widely disclosing personal information of people who use them.

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