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Ecuador used gold reserves for Goldman Sachs loan collateral

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-06-04 17:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nathan Gill
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-04/ecuador-used-gold-for-goldman-s...

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What if people ever started asking about rehypothecated gold?

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-06-04 11:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

Chinese Port Stops Metal Shipments Due to Probe, Trade Sources Say

By Melanie Burton
Reuters
Monday, June 2, 2014

SYDNEY, Australia -- China's northeastern port of Qingdao has halted shipments of aluminium and copper due to an investigation by authorities, causing concern among bankers and trade houses financing the metals, trading and warehousing sources said on Monday.

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GATA's Ed Steer discusses gold price suppression at Vancouver conference

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-06-04 11:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:30a ET Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Embry, Leeb at KWN; Sprott 'connects the dots' for gold

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-06-03 21:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:35p ET Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management's John Embry tells King World News that the investment banks that are helping to suppress the gold price are active in the gold mining company share market as well:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/6/3_Joh...

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Banks routinely rigged gold fix to defend their positions, Financial Times reports

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-06-03 13:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

Trading to Influence Gold Price Fix Was 'Routine'

By Xan Rice
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7fd97990-eb08-11e3-9c8b-00144feabdc0.html

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Koos Jansen: The World Gold Council's new clothes

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-06-03 11:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:41a ET Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen explains in detail today what the World Gold Council is missing in its gross underestimation of gold demand in China. Jansen's commentary is headlined "The World Gold Council's New Clothes" and it's posted at his Internet site, In Gold We Trust, here:

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British treasury secretary to target forex manipulation by banks

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-06-03 00:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

But what about forex manipulation by governments using banks as intermediaries?

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Osborne to Target Foreign Exchange Manipulation in City Clean-Up

By Kamal Ahmed
British Broadcasting Corp., London
Monday, June 2, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27662623

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Mainstream news organizations get a hint about gold market manipulation, Turk says

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-06-02 23:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:45p ET Monday, June 2, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk today tells King World News that the Barclays gold market manipulation case is only a tiny part of the price suppression scheme engineered by Western central banks, but at least it has opened the eyes of the mainstream financial media a little bit: