Daily Dispatches

Embry praises Dimitri Speck's book 'The Gold Cartel'

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 20:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:40p ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his latest commentary for Investor's Digest of Canada, Sprott Asset Management's John Embry praises GATA consultant Dimitri Speck's book "The Gold Cartel." Embry's commentary is headlined "Book Lays Bare Chicanery of Western Governments" and it's posted in PDF format here:

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'Pony' botnet steals bitcoins, digital currencies, security firm says

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 18:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jim Finkle
Reuters
Monday, February 24, 2014

BOSTON -- Cyber criminals have infected hundreds of thousands of computers with a virus called "Pony" to steal bitcoins and other digital currencies in the most ambitious cyber attack on virtual money uncovered so far, according to security firm Trustwave.

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Embry on KWN: Call it the World Anti-Gold Council

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 16:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:50p ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Is Lassonde really so ignorant of his own organization's work?

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 16:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:23p ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA's researcher, consultant, and friend R.M. had to laugh at World Gold Council board member Pierre Lassonde's insistence in his interview today with Kitco News that central bankers "spend no time whatsoever thinking about gold":

http://www.gata.org/node/13683

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Gold shares are lowest relative to gold in 70 years, Stoferle tells KWN

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 13:26 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:25p ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Market analyst Ronald-Peter Stoferle of Incrementum AG Liechtenstein today tells King World News that gold mining company shares are trading at their lowest level relative to gold itself in 70 years:

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Lassonde spouts disinformation and Kitco's Cambone just smiles prettily through it

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 13:06 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:14a ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In an interview with Daniela Cambone of Kitco News posted today, Franco-Nevada Corp. Chairman Pierre Lassonde, a member of the Board of Directors of the World Gold Council, repeats his assertion, made last year in an interview with MineWeb's Geoff Candy --

http://www.gata.org/node/13105

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Koos Jansen: Precious metals aspirations of the biggest bank in the world

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-24 09:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:56a ET Monday, February 24, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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London gold fix may be manipulated half the time, research concludes

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-02-23 19:39 Section: Daily Dispatches

Fears Over Gold Price Rigging Put Investors on Alert; German and UK Regulators Investigate

By Madison Marriage
Financial Times, London
Monday, February 24, 2014

http://tinyurl.com/kz542fc

Global gold prices may have been manipulated on 50 percent of occasions between January 2010 and December 2013, according to analysis by Fideres, a consultancy.