Daily Dispatches

Queen on gold bars at Bank of England: 'Regrettably not all of them belong to us'

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2012-12-18 10:25 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:27a ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Becoming today the first British monarch to attend a Cabinet meeting since George III in 1781, Queen Elizabeth remarked on her visit last week to the Bank of England's gold vault, which was greatly publicized in the United Kingdom. (See http://www.gata.org/node/12030.)

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Lawrence Williams: What on Earth's going on in the gold market?

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2012-12-18 09:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:17a ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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GATA chairman and secretary to appear on RT's 'Capital Account' today

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2012-12-18 09:13 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:10a ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Japan prepares to print money for the whole world

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2012-12-18 02:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Monday, December 17, 2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9751609/Japans-Shinzo-Abe-p...

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SEC authorizes JPMorgan to use ETF to rig copper market too

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2012-12-17 19:03 Section: Daily Dispatches

SEC Approves JPMorgan Copper ETF

By Emiko Terazono
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 17, 2012

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/01525174-482e-11e2-8aae-00144feab49a.html

A JPMorgan-backed investment vehicle that aims to track the price of copper has won the approval of US regulators in spite of strong opposition from users of the metal and senior politicians.

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Sudan tightens control of gold refining and exports

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2012-12-17 18:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

Sudan's Central Bank Places Moratorium on Gold Ore Exports

From the Sudan Tribune, Paris
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article44842

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The Central Bank of Sudan on Wednesday issued a ban on the exports of gold ore effective January 2013, state media reported.

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Comex is rigged, so buy only metal, not paper, Turk tells King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2012-12-17 18:27 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:23p ET Monday, December 17, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Indian government admits 'gold-backed' means just pretending to have gold

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2012-12-17 15:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:59p ET Monday, December 17, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to the government of India for acknowledging today that the great advantage of "gold-backed financial instruments" is not to their purchasers but rather to the government itself in its campaign to talk Indians out of their gold to reduce the country's current account deficit.