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Could gold be the next LIBOR scandal?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Simon Goodley
The Guardian, London
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/13/london-financial-sector-g...

London's financial sector was last night bracing itself for another official investigation into alleged price fixing following reports that a US regulator is considering launching an inquiry into the City's gold and silver markets.

Alasdair Macleod: Why they might want to rig the gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:19p HKT Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Reflecting on today's report in The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering investigating possible manipulation of the gold and silver markets, particularly at the London price "fixings" --

http://www.gata.org/node/12326

Hong Kong's Radio 3 to interview GATA secretary

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:10p HKT Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Your secretary/treasurer is to be interviewed live on Radio Television Hong Kong's Radio 3 program "Money for Nothing" Friday during the 8 a.m. hour Hong Kong Time, which will be 8 p.m. Thursday Eastern Time in the United States.

RTHK Radio 3 streams live on the Internet here:

CNBC prods World Gold Council, CPM Group's Christian about GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

Are Global Central Banks Manipulating Gold?

By Roshan Vaswani
CNBC Asia Squawk Box
Thursday, March 14, 2013

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100551966

Gold prices are being kept artificially low by Western central banks and "no one alive" has ever seen the true price of gold, according to Chris Powell, secretary of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee.

Guillermo Barba: Bank of Mexico buys paper 'gold,' sells physical

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:22p HKT Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

U.S. plans to let spy agencies scour Americans' finances

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By Emily Flitter, Stella Dawson, and Mark Hosenball
Reuters
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-usa-banks-spying-idUSBRE92C...

Video of GATA secretary's interview on CNBC Asia is posted

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:23a HKT Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Zero Hedge mocks CFTC's supposed concern about gold and silver market rigging

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9:55a HKT Thursday, March 13, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Zero Hedge's pseudonymous Tyler Durden today has some wonderfully sardonic comment on the supposed musing of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission about the propriety of a few banks "fixing" gold and silver prices every day in London:

Jim Sinclair holds seminar for gold investors on March 20 in New York

Section: Daily Dispatches

9a HKT Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mining entrepreneur, gold trader, and best friend to monetary metals investors Jim Sinclair will hold a seminar in New York City from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. He'll be answering questions from seminar participants. Details about attending are posted at JSMineSet here:

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