Daily Dispatches

Von Greyerz: Swiss gold referendum aims squarely at market manipulation

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-10-21 19:26 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:24p CT Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Swiss gold fund manager Egon von Greyerz today comments to King World News about the opinion poll showing strong support for the Swiss gold repatriation referendum proposal.

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Forex-rigging fines against banks could reach $41 billion worldwide, Citi report says

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-10-21 16:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Richard Partington
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-20/forex-rigging-fines-could-hit-4...

LONDON -- Probes into allegations that traders rigged foreign-exchange benchmarks could cost banks as much as $41 billion to settle, Citigroup Inc. analysts said.

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Goldbroker puts French subtitles on GATA secretary's interview with Larry Parks

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-10-21 13:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:20p CT Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

While your secretary/treasurer took four years of it in high school, when it comes to French he still doesn't know "merde." Fortunately GATA's friends at bullion dealer Goldbroker.com --

https://www.goldbroker.com/

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Poll finds support for Swiss gold repatriation referendum proposal

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-10-21 11:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:50a CT Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldCore's Mark O'Byrne reports today that the first opinion poll on Switzerland's gold repatriation referendum proposal shows 45 percent of respondents in favor and 39 percent opposed:

http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/First_Swiss_Gold_Poll_Shows_Pro_Go...

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Koos Jansen: The Chinese precious metals market is on fire

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-10-20 10:08 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:11a CT Monday, October 20, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Indian govt. freaks out at gold demand and will try to suppress imports again

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-10-19 19:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

Government to Re-Impose Gold Import Curbs to Check Trade Deficit

By Deepshikha Sikarwar
The Times of India, Mumbai
Monday, October 20, 2014

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/commodities/government-to-re...

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China's gold hunger surprises even Russia, Ing tells KWN

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-10-19 19:17 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:15p CT Sunday, October 19, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In an interview with King World News, John Ing of Maison Placements in Toronto says that even Russia is surprised by China's determination to obtain gold with which China's currency, the renminbi, could be backed. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the KWN blog here: