Daily Dispatches

Former Deutsche Bank gold traders found guilty in spoofing trial

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 22:50 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Janan Hanna and Stephen Joyce
Bloomberg News
Friday, September 25, 2020

Prosecutors behind a sweeping U.S. crackdown on market "spoofing" scored a big win Friday when former Deutsche Bank AG traders Cedric Chanu and James Vorley were convicted of fraud for manipulating gold and silver prices.

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Lousy week for monetary metals prompts Sprott to quote GATA secretary

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 20:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

9p ET Friday, September 25, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Beginning his review of a lousy week for the monetary monetary metals with Craig Hemke for Sprott Money, mining entrepreneur Eric Sprott quotes your secretary/treasurer's observation at GATA's Washington conference in 2008: "There are no markets anymore, just interventions." (See: http://gata.org/node/6242.)

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Hugo Salinas Price: A tale of two revolutions

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 20:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:13p ET Friday, September 25, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Ron Paul recovering after stroke-like incident

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 19:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

From CNN.com, New York
Friday, September 25, 2020

Former Texas congressman Ron Paul was hospitalized today after an apparent medical episode but is now "doing fine," according to a tweet posted to his Twitter account.

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Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul hospitalized for 'precautionary' reasons

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 14:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lee Ross and Megan Henney
Fox News, New York
Friday, November 25, 2020

Ron Paul, the former Republican U.S. representative who ran for president three times, was hospitalized today in Texas for "precautionary" reasons, Fox News has learned.

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TV commentator Tucker Carlson joins GATA in New Orleans speaker lineup

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 14:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:54p ET Friday, September 25, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As you may recall, this year's New Orleans Investment Conference, to be held Wednesday to Saturday, October 14 to 17, will be a "virtual one," conducted entirely on the internet, so we'll miss the excitement of the great city.

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Ghana is planning to sell most of its future gold royalties

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 11:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

From The Economist, London
Saturday, September 26, 2020

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Switzerland seeks more detail in international trading of gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2020-09-25 10:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

Switzerland Wants Gold Segregation by Customs for More Transparency

From Swiss Info
Swiss Broadcasting Corp., Bern
Thursday, September 24, 2020

The world's gold refining hub wants international customs to differentiate between mined and bank gold to help improve supply chain transparency and traceability.