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Former mint director says he saw Fort Knox gold -- but who owns it?

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:35p ET Thursday, December 12, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Choice for Fed deputy implemented devaluation in Israel

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Fischer Seen Bringing Crisis-Fighting Skills to No. 2 Fed Post

By Joshua Zumbrun and Rich Miller
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 12, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Stanley Fischer, said to be the leading candidate for the No. 2 job at the Federal Reserve, offers crisis-fighting experience and a dose of skepticism about efforts to shape expectations on the outlook for interest rates.

Sprott's Rule reports renewed interest in resource sector, particularly from Asia

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:55p ET Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management's Rick Rule today tells King World News of signs of renewed interest in the resource sector and even in junior mining companies, particularly from Asia. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the KWN blog here:

Ignoring gold market rigging, Wall Street Journal celebrates Sprott fund's decline

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Gold Drop Is Blow to Prominent Hedge-Fund Manager Sprott

By Rob Copeland
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

One of the world's biggest gold bugs is getting crushed by the metal's steep fall.

Zheng Gang: China prepares for financial warfare

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:08p ET Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen today translates into English and publishes commentary written in June by Chinese financial management executive Zheng Gang about what he considers a financial war being waged against the world by the United States.

Russian central bank picks symbol for ruble

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From The Moscow Times
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/central-bank-picks-symbol...

MOSCOW -- Russia unveiled Wednesday a sign that will be used to represent the ruble alongside other major world currencies.

Ing, Faber offer contrarian predictions for gold at King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:34p ET Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

King World News has gold- and gold mining-friendly and perfectly contrarian predictions from Maison Placements' John Ing here --

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/12/11_T...

-- and from financial letter writer Marc Faber here:

TF Metals Report: JPM keeps gobbling up December gold deliveries

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:06a ET Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson today elaborates on JPMorganChase's gobbling up most December gold futures contract deliveries on the New York Commodities Exchange, adding that the latest trader participation reports are extremely bullish by virtue of the long positions of major banks:

North Korea reported to be selling gold to China

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N. Korea Sells Gold in Sign of Imminent Economic Collapse: Source

From Yonhap News Agency, Seoul
via Global Post, Boston
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/131210/n-kore...

Why, Kaye asks, is West letting its gold slip away to Asia?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30a ET Wednesday, December 11, 2013

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