Daily Dispatches

IMF says its gold sales likely will be staggered

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-07-29 14:27 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lesley Wroughton
Reuters
via Forbes.com
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/reuters/2009/07/29/2009-07-29T164243Z_01_N29...

WASHINGTON -- The planned sale of 400 tonnes of IMF gold would take place within a new central bank gold sales agreement being negotiated, a senior International Monetary Fund official said Wednesday.

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'Midas' Murphy: U.S. government orchestrates market moves

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-07-29 10:57 Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary for yesterday at LeMetropoleCafe.com has been posted in the clear at GoldSeek. It's got a lot of good stuff in it and is headlined "U.S. Government Orchestrates Market Moves To Affect Massive Treasury Auctions In A Day Filled With Irony." You can find it here:

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Robert Kuttner: High-frequency trading is just insider trading

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-07-28 23:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

Wall Street on Speed

By Robert Kuttner
HuffingtonPost.com, New York
Sunday, July 26, 2009

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/wall-street-on-speed_b_2451...

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King World News interviews Eric Sprott on markets and metals

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-07-28 22:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:18p ET Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Adrian Douglas: CFTC conceals the real problem, the infinite dollar

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-07-28 21:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Adrian Douglas
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Today's hearing by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to discuss speculation in futures markets is a sham, a kangaroo court.

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Regulators weigh limits on energy, metal futures trading

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-07-28 11:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Marcy Gordon
Associated Press
via Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Monday, July 27, 2009

http://www.startribune.com/business/51808602.html

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are hearing from from consumers, businesses, traders, and financial firms as they consider imposing limits on speculative trading of energy futures contracts -- a move that would mark a major shift for the government.

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SEC rule against naked short-selling becomes permanent

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-07-27 23:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Marcy Gordon
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Monday, July 27, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090727/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sec_short_selling_7

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Monday made permanent an emergency rule put in at the height of last fall's market turmoil that aims to reduce abusive short-selling.