Daily Dispatches

Bullion banks, CME try to hobble CFTC, Maguire tells King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-11-05 20:41 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:41p ET Saturday, November 5, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Zero Hedge: Futures trading margin to get looser, not tighter

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-11-05 15:08 Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Saturday, November 5, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Zero Hedge is right on top of today's clarification from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange about its change in futures trading margin rules. As things turn out, the rules are about to get looser, not tighter, which Zero Hedge considers even worse. You can find ZeroHedge's report here:

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Weekly precious metals review at King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-11-05 12:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:46p ET Saturday, November 5, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Canada's Mile of Gold regains its luster

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-11-05 12:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

Long-time GATA supporter and Gold Rush 21 and Gold Rush 2011 speaker Brian Hinchcliffe, CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold, is quoted here.

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Canada's Mile of Gold Regains Its Luster

By Euan Rocha
Reuters
Thursday, November 3, 3011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-gold-revival-idUSTRE7A25UY2...

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British can petition Bank of England to come clean on gold swaps and leases

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-11-05 12:25 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:22p ET Saturday, November 5, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

An Internet petition has been started for citizens of the United Kingdom to urge the Bank of England to disclose how much of the British gold reserve has been swapped or leased, thereby reversing the secrecy on which the bank has been insisting. (See http://www.gata.org/node/10635.) You can find the petition here:

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CFTC issues update on long-running silver probe

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-11-05 12:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frank Tang
Reuters
Friday, November 4, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/us-silver-cftc-idUSTRE7A36G220...

The U.S. futures regulator said on Friday it continues to investigate possible unlawful acts or manipulation in silver markets, in a probe that began more than three years ago.

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CFTC's evasion after 3 years investigating silver is answer enough

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-11-04 21:36 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:50p ET Friday, November 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Under renewed pressure by Commissioner Bart Chilton to account for itself, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a statement about its 3-year-old investigation of manipulation of the silver market, asserting only that the investigation continues.