Daily Dispatches

Bill Downey: The silver shortage pre-panic line

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-12-05 12:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:45p ET Sunday, December 5, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold and Silver:

Bill Downey of GoldTrends.net credits GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's testimony at the March 25 hearing of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission with sparking the explosion in the price of silver. Downey's commentary is headlined "The Silver Shortage Pre-Panic Line" and you can find it at Gold-Eagle here:

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No inflation? In north of England, they say: Baaah, humbug

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-12-05 10:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

UK Ram Raiders Flock to Rustle Sheep

By Andrew Bounds
Financial Times, London
Friday, December 3, 2010

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/355bba18-ff1b-11df-956b-00144feab49a.html#axzz...

Criminal gangs targeted manhole covers and copper wiring when rocketing Chinese demand rendered them valuable commodities. Now they have a new target: sheep.

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CFTC's delay on position limits aggravates Chilton

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-12-05 09:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

Statement on Position Limits, "Keeping Promises"
By Bart Chilton, Member
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Thursday, December 2, 2010

http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/CommissionerBartChilton/...

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James Turk: The scramble for physical metal intensifies

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-12-04 22:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:35p ET Saturday, December 4, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Weekly metals wrap, Hathaway interview at King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-12-04 13:21 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:09p ET Saturday, December 4, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

A great week in the precious metals produces a great weekly market wrapup at King World News with Bill Haynes of CMI Gold & Silver, Dan Norcini of JSMineSet.com, and the Got Gold Report's Gene Arensberg. It's 20 minutes long and you can listen to it here: