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Biggest gold ETF has first monthly inflow in over a year

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jan Harvey
Reuters
Thursday, February 27, 2014

LONDON -- The world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, New York's SPDR Gold Shares, is on track for its first monthly inflow of metal in more than a year after a run of weaker U.S. data boosted investment interest in gold.

'Precarious' moment for gold traders, Kaye and Fitzpatrick tell KWN

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:20p ET Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Hong Kong fund manager William Kaye tonight tells King World News that gold traders face a "precarious" moment. And Citigroup analyst Tom Fitzpatrick gives KWN a gold chart that doesn't look good for the next few days. Their analysis is posted at the KWN blog here:

Gold fix rigging may finance banker bonuses, Sprott says

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:25p ET Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

FT story on gold price rigging was erased deliberately

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:54p ET Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Financial Times' Monday report about a study concluding that the daily London gold price fixing is manipulated probably half the time was deliberately removed from the newspaper's Internet site by the newspaper's editorial staff and did not vanish because of any programming glitch.

Rule sees 'God-given moment' for monetary meals investors

Section: Daily Dispatches

6p ET Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management's Rick Rule tells King World News today that monetary metals investors are facing a "God-given moment" for exploiting historic lows in the market:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/2/25_20...

Predictably enough, Wall Street Journal shills for gold price rigging

Section: Daily Dispatches

Physical Gold Buyers Say Fix Is Vital

Commodity's Benchmark Price Is Key to Stability of Global Transactions

By Francesca Freeman
The Wall Street Journal

LONDON -- The London gold benchmark is vital to Grant Phillips's business.

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox disappears in blow to virtual currency

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ruairidh Villar and Sophie Knight
Reuters
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

TOKYO -- Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, looked to have essentially disappeared on Tuesday, with its website down, its founder unaccounted for, and a Tokyo office empty except for a handful of protesters saying they had lost money investing in the virtual currency.

Metal delivery failure complaints piling up against Tulving

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:55p ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

King World News tonight calls attention to growing complaints of delivery failures against the well-known gold and silver dealer The Tulving Co. in Newport Beach, California, as reported this month by the Orange County Register --

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/coins-601179-tulving-gold.html

Embry praises Dimitri Speck's book 'The Gold Cartel'

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:40p ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his latest commentary for Investor's Digest of Canada, Sprott Asset Management's John Embry praises GATA consultant Dimitri Speck's book "The Gold Cartel." Embry's commentary is headlined "Book Lays Bare Chicanery of Western Governments" and it's posted in PDF format here:

'Pony' botnet steals bitcoins, digital currencies, security firm says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jim Finkle
Reuters
Monday, February 24, 2014

BOSTON -- Cyber criminals have infected hundreds of thousands of computers with a virus called "Pony" to steal bitcoins and other digital currencies in the most ambitious cyber attack on virtual money uncovered so far, according to security firm Trustwave.

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