TF Metals Report: More Evidence that JPMorganChase has Cornered Comex Gold: GATA THE GATA DISPATCH AUGUST 31, 2013.

TF Metals Report: More evidence that JPMorganChase has cornered Comex gold

Submitted by cpowell on 10:10AM ET Saturday, August 31, 2013. Section: Daily Dispatches 1:05p ET Saturday, August 31, 2013

The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson today analyzes gold futures market data and concludes that market analyst and silver market rigging whistleblower Ted Butler is right -- that JPMorganChase has cornered the Comex gold market. Ferguson further predicts that JPMorganChase will commence a short squeeze by December. Ferguson's analysis is headlined "More Evidence That JPM Has Cornered Comex Gold" and it's posted at the TF Metals Report's Internet site here:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/5018/evidence-gold-corner

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President Obama's Decision on Syria | The White House August 31.

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President Obama's Decision on Syria Just now, President Obama laid out the case for a targeted military action against Syrian regime targets as a result of their use of chemical weapons that killed over one thousand people -- including hundreds of children. The President also made clear that this would not be an open-ended intervention, and there will be with no American troops on the ground. While the President was clear on the need for action, he announced he would seek Congressional authorization for the use of force. Watch the President’s statement now in his own words:

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NYT | Global Update August 31, 2013: Obama Will Seek Syria Vote in Congress

August 31, 2013
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August 30, 2013
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DealBook P.M. Edition - Week in Review August 30, 2013: A $125 Billion Bet on a Multitrillion-Dollar Market

Friday, August 30, 2013

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Week in Review: A $125 Billion Bet on a Multitrillion-Dollar Market Verizon Communications is in talks with Vodafone to buy the British telecommunication giant's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless. The deal, worth at least $125 billion, would be one of the biggest takeovers in history, but the burgeoning wireless industry makes the buyout attractive.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 29

JPMorgan Hiring Put China's Elite on an Easy Track A hiring program intended to weed out nepotism in the bank's China operations instead has led to a federal bribery investigation in the United States, interviews and a government document show.

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Verizon in Talks to Buy Vodafone's Stake in Its Wireless Unit Vodafone of Britain could sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon in a deal that analysts say could fetch as much as $125 billion.

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Shutdown at Nasdaq Is Traced to Software The Nasdaq OMX Group attributed last week's three-hour trading halt to a surge of data that overwhelmed its server.

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U.S. Scrutinizes Private Equity Hiring of Ex-Army Officer Government lawyers have asked the private equity firm headed by the prominent financier Lynn Tilton for information related to its recent hiring of a former Army official.

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Swiss Agree on Penalties for Banks That Aided Tax Cheats Switzerland and the United States reached a watershed deal to punish Swiss banks that helped wealthy Americans stash money in hidden offshore accounts, ending years of bank secrecy and tax evasion.

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Blackstone Settles I.P.O. Class Action Suit Blackstone has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of investors that accused it of misrepresenting some investments ahead of its 2007 initial public offering.

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28

U.S. and Switzerland Are Close to Deal on Penalizing Banks in Tax Case A final settlement would likely require banks to pay a fine to the United States equivalent to 20 percent to 50 percent of the value of their undeclared American accounts, a person briefed on the matter said.

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In N.Y. Mayoral Race, Small Checks From Hedge Fund Giants New York law caps individual contributions to mayoral candidates, but records for 2013 are notable for their paucity of donations from hedge fund managers.

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TUESDAY, AUG. 27

Merrill Lynch in Big Payout for Bias Case The brokerage firm has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a racial bias lawsuit that wound through the federal courts for eight years, including two appeals to the United States Supreme Court.

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Regulators Prepare Penalties for JPMorgan Federal regulators are preparing separate enforcement actions and fines against JPMorgan Chase stemming from the way it collected overdue bills from consumers during the recession.

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Former JPMorgan Trader Surrenders in Spain in 'London Whale' Case Javier Martin-Artajo was released soon after his arrest on Tuesday morning, beginning what could be a lengthy extradition process over charges that he hid billions in trading losses.

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Deal Professor: A Simple Solution on C.E.O. Pay Is Not So Simple The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act required companies to compare their chief executive pay with that of their employees, but carrying it out may cost millions, says Steven M. Davidoff.

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MONDAY, AUG. 26

BATS and Direct Edge to Merge, Taking On Older Rivals Combining BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge will vault the new company past Nasdaq to become the second-largest exchange operator in the United States, as the industry continues to face pressure to consolidate.

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Growth in Global Disputes Brings Big Paychecks for Law Firms Some legal heavyweights in the United States are benefiting from a growing number of clashes over complex international deals.

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DealBook Column: Five Years After TARP, Misgivings on Bonuses Henry M. Paulson Jr. tells Andrew Ross Sorkin: "There was such a total lack of awareness from the firms that paid big bonuses during this extraordinary time."

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His Links Severed, Ackman Sells Stake in J.C. Penney William A. Ackman sold his roughly 18 percent stake in J.C. Penney at $12.90 a share on Monday, severing all ties to the retailer two weeks after he resigned from the board. At that price, he is saddled with a loss of about $473 million.

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Third Point Hedge Fund Increases Sotheby's Stake Daniel S. Loeb's hedge fund, Third Point, is now one of Sotheby's biggest shareholders, with a 5.7 percent stake, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SUNDAY, AUG. 25

Shoeshines Keep Wall Street in the Black (or Maybe Brown) In-house shoeshine service has proved resilient, surviving the rise of technology and even the 2008 financial crisis, which snuffed out many of Wall Street's quirks.

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Amgen Buys Producer of Drugs for Cancer Amgen has huge sales of drugs that help patients cope with chemotherapy and counter some of the effects of cancer, but it has long wanted drugs that directly attack the tumors themselves. In buying Onyx, it acquires some.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 24

Platinum Card and Text Alert, via Pawnshop As banks zero in on more affluent customers and close branches in poor areas, pawnshops are stepping into the void to offer an array of services.

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Amgen Said to Be Near Deal to Buy Onyx for $10.5 Billion The biotech giant Amgen is near a deal to buy Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a maker of cancer-fighting drugs, for about $125 a share, people briefed on the matter said on Saturday.

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DEALBOOK HIGHLIGHTS

Ex-Goldman Trader Fined $500,000 A former Goldman Sachs trader who pleaded guilty in a criminal case earlier this year to fabricating huge positions to protect his bonus agreed on Friday to pay a $500,000 fine in a related civil matter.

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News Analysis: Tax Haven Closes for Wealthy Americans A tax deal reached between Switzerland and the United States on Thursday effectively puts an end to the status of the small Alpine country as a tax haven for wealthy Americans.

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Deal Professor: A Lesson for Boardroom Battles A proxy battle involving an Israeli company listed in the United States could serve as a lesson for how the proxy access rule could be used as a weapon in boardroom battles, says Steven M. Davidoff.

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Verizon-Vodafone Deal Would Be a Big Payday for Deal Makers Should Verizon Communications successfully buy out Vodafone's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless - analysts suggest that the transaction would be valued at more than $125 billion - it would consummate one of the largest takeovers on record.

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China Brokerage Firm Fined $85 Million Over 'Fat-Finger' Trades The Chinese securities regulator said the firm's actions caused a 6 percent spike in the Shanghai share index.

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America Movil Threatens to Pull Bid for Dutch Cellphone Operator The Latin American telecommunications giant has threatened to walk away from its proposed 7.2 billion euro, or $9.5 billion, bid for the Dutch cellphone operator KPN after a local foundation moved to block the takeover.

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Not Crying for Argentina but Fearful of a Ruling In the High & Low Finance column, Floyd Norris examines why the United States Treasury and the International Monetary Fund are concerned about an appeals court decision that would force Argentina to pay all its creditors equally and hold processing banks responsible if the country did not. The New York Times

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