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First Briton pleads guilty to Libor rigging
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-19 08:51 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Katherine Rushton
The Telegraph, London
Monday, August 18, 2014
Paul Robson, a former trader at Rabobank, has become the first Briton to plead guilty to being part of the worldwide conspiracy to rig the Libor interest benchmark.
Reuters: China allows 3 more banks, including Standard Chartered, to import gold
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-19 08:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy A. Ananthalakshmi and Fayen Wong
Reuters
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
China has allowed three more banks, including a foreign lender, to import gold, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as the world's top gold buyer gears up for its strongest effort yet to gain pricing power of the metal.
Koos Jansen: East Asia geared up for renminbi gold trading
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-19 08:44 Section: Daily Dispatches8:40a ET Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
U.S. gold reserve likely has been leased out, Grant Williams tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-08-19 00:04 Section: Daily Dispatches12:02a ET Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
This is what gold price suppression does to the environment in Peru and elsewhere
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-18 22:34 Section: Daily DispatchesThere's money only for subsistence workers, none for remediating the landscape.
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Getting the Gold Story in Peru, and Getting Out
By Nick Miroff
Washington Post
Monday, August 18, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/18/dispatch-ge...
Randgold CEO just shrugs as gold mining industry produces more metal at a loss
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-18 22:25 Section: Daily Dispatches10:25p ET Monday, August 18, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Thai traders say spot gold exchange requires more study
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-18 22:07 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Nuntawun Polkuamdee
Bangkok Post
Bangkok, Thailand
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/427460/traders-spot-gold-exchan...
Despite a mutual agreement in principle between the market regulator and gold traders, a gold exchange will not start operating this year, gold traders say after a discussion yesterday.
Grant Williams: Thinker, trader, holder. Why?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-18 21:32 Section: Daily Dispatches9:34p ET Monday, August 18, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Central banks aim to scare 'trend followers' away from gold, Turk tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-18 20:53 Section: Daily Dispatches8:54p ET Monday, August 18, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Central banks trying to suppress the price of gold, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News today, are most afraid that "trend followers" will jump into the market and suppression tactics are aimed at scaring them out. Turk's interview is excerpted at the KWN blog here:
U.S. doesn't really still have the gold it leased, Kaye tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-08-18 13:54 Section: Daily Dispatches1:55p ET Monday, August 18, 2014:
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Hong Kong fund manager William Kaye, apparently replying to recent comments by fund manager and geopolitical analyst James G. Rickards --