6:06p ET Monday, August 30, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
For years GATA banged on the door of the Financial Times, including a meeting in London with the newspaper’s commodities reporter a year and a half ago, trying to get some attention for the international central bank gold price suppression scheme. The clamor went without [...]
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, August 30, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/7970872/…
China’s draconian export curbs on rare earth minerals needed by the rest of the world for frontier technologies is escalating into a serious diplomatic and trade clash with the United States and other leading powers.
Japan’s foreign minister Katsuya Okada issued what amounted to a formal protest at [...]
Monday, 30 Aug 2010
This week may provide the decision point for the USD. With Non-Farm Payrolls due this Friday, the uncertainty surrounding the American recovery will undoubtedly be made clearer. Today’s report on US personal spending at 12:30 GMT may provide a glimpse into other growth prospects before [...]