Daily Dispatches

Magazine highlights GATA's London conference; and Casey seminar on debt crisis

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 21:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:49p ET Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Internet magazine DGC has just published a special issue based on GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London. It looks great and you can find it here:

http://issuu.com/dgcmagazine/docs/digital-gold-currency-gata-2011-specia...

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Fed made State Street Bank profitable as money-fund middleman

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 21:17 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Christopher Condon
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-23/fed-made-state-street-profitabl...

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Chavez expects gold to be back in Venezuela in 'weeks'

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 21:06 Section: Daily Dispatches

Chavez Officially Nationalizes Venezuela's Gold Industry

From Agence France-Presse
via Google News
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g84hDUj7Fk7MVAlFViWGF...

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Kazakhstan, big gold producer, to keep its metal home starting Jan. 1

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 20:57 Section: Daily Dispatches

It's not just Hugo Chavez and Venezuela.

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Kazakhstan Gives Central Bank 'Priority Right' to Buy Gold

By Nariman Gizitdinov
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-23/kazakhstan-gives-central-bank-p...

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Kazakhstan central bank will buy all domestically produced gold

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 13:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Dow Jones Newswires
via NASDAQ.com
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=20110823...

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At least Vietnam does its gold market rigging openly

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 08:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

Vietnam to Allow Gold Imports to Cool Local Prices

By Tran Thuy
Reuters
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/vietnam-gold-idUSL4E7JN0VX2011...

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Vietnam tries to cope with new bout of gold fever

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-08-23 08:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tran Le Thuy
Reuters
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4E7JN21C20110823

HANOI, Vietnam -- In 1954, the year Vietnam was split in two by the Geneva Accords, Do Thi Mien bought her first gold ring with money she had earned selling grass to cow farmers.