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Alasdair Macleod: Where can we find 20,000 tonnes of gold?

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1:53p ET Friday, October 22, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ben Davies: Out of knowledge of money comes freedom

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2:52a ET Friday, October 22, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Retiring CFTC judge says colleague biased against complainants

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By David S. Hilzenrath
Washington Post
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR201010...

As George H. Painter was preparing to retire recently as one of two administrative law judges presiding over investor complaints at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, he issued an extraordinary request:

Where's the FT story about 'speculators' buying government bonds?

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Speculators Polish Up the Price of Silver

By Jack Farchy
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25b81f4e-dc65-11df-a0b9-00144feabdc0.html

"Almost anything is better than paper money. ... Any fool can run a printing press."

Rare earth prices soar even as China pledges supply

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Mark Drajem and Gopal Ratnam
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-20/china-pledges-to-maintain-rare-...

WASHINGTON -- Rare-earth prices have jumped as Chinese export quotas crimped worldwide supplies for the elements used in the manufacture of disk drives, wind turbines and smart bombs.

Chinese silver exports expected to plunge, diverted by investment demand

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By Feiwen Rong
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-19/silver-shipments-from-china-big...

Silver exports from China, the world's largest, may drop about 40 percent this year as domestic demand from industry and investors climbs, according to Beijing Antaike Information Development Co.

Lacking trading data, CFTC may delay commodity position limits

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By Roberta Rampton and Christopher Doering
Reuters
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1933466320101019

WASHINGTON -- Clearinghouses, their members, and swap dealers will have to report large swaps positions in 46 commodities to the U.S. futures regulator daily starting in six to 10 months in a plan unveiled on Tuesday.

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