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As if you can't 'mingle with criminals' at a bank ...
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-05-26 10:46 Section: Daily DispatchesOttawa Warns on Gold-Backed Web Trades
Kevin Carmichael
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Monday, May 26, 2008
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080526.wrfintrac26...
Germany joins call for ban on speculation in oil
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-25 22:27 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Monday, May 26, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/26/cnoil1...
German leaders are to propose a worldwide ban on oil trading by speculators, blaming the latest spike in crude prices on manipulation by hedge funds.
'Virtual hoarding' by investors is monetizing oil
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-25 12:00 Section: Daily DispatchesSlick Investors Strike Riches as They Cash in on Peak Oil
By Louise Armitstead
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, May 25, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/25/cnoil1...
Retail investors have joined a raft of hedge funds and pension funds in making millions of pounds by cashing in on the oil crisis.
Collectors angered as U.S. rations 'silver eagles'
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-05-23 11:28 Section: Daily DispatchesLosing a Mint:
Curb on Coin Sales
Angers Collectors
U.S. Begins Rationing
Popular 'Silver Eagles';
How $1 Fetches $19
By Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, May 23, 2008
The government rationed food during World War II and gasoline in the 1970s. Now it's imposing quotas on another precious commodity: 2008 dollar coins known as silver eagles.
Ed Steer: Write to the CFTC's inspector general
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 22:38 Section: Daily Dispatches10:30p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
I have read Ted Butler's rebuttal to the report of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission that claims that the silver market is not manipulated and that the concentrated short position of the "eight or less" traders in the commercial category of the commitment of traders report means nothing.
David Morgan: Silver price manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 22:18 Section: Daily Dispatches10:15p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
GATA appeals Fed's denial of access to gold records
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 15:00 Section: Daily Dispatches3p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
James Turk: Gold is the ultimate inflation and catastrophe hedge
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-05-21 14:35 Section: Daily Dispatches2:33p ET Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder, Freemarket Gold & Money Report editor, and GATA consultant James Turk, has just given The Gold Report a comprehensive interview about investing in gold, silver, and mining shares. It's headlined "Gold -- the Ultimate Inflation and Catastrophe Hedge," and you can find it here:
Nadler sees intervention again, just not in his own markets
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-05-21 13:10 Section: Daily Dispatches1p ET Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his commentary today Kitco's precious metals market analyst Jon Nadler remarks again, as he did on April 7 (http://www.kitco.com/ind/nadler/apr072008A.html), about the possibility of government intervention in markets, this time the oil market.
CFR official: Gold is the world currency of the future
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-05-21 12:19 Section: Daily Dispatches12:10p ET Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: