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The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors and staff  •  Sat., Feb. 28, 2015 TOP STORIES Congress averts Homeland Security shutdown with one-week extension Congress managed at the last minute on Friday night to avert a partial shuttering of the Department of Homeland Security, passing a one-week funding measure for the agency. President Obama signed it shortly before themidnight deadline.  Read full article » Putin critic, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow MOSCOW — Boris Nemtsov, a towering figure in Russian post-Soviet politics and a biting critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down steps from the Kremlin early Saturday, authorities said. The drive-by shooting had the potential to open a violent new chapter in Russian political life.  Read full article » GOP states revisit Obamacare as Supreme Court weighs subsidies Officials in several Republican states that balked at participating in President Obama’s ­health-care initiative are now revisiting the issue amid mounting panic over a possible Supreme Court decision that would revoke federal insurance subsidies for millions of Americans.  Read full article »

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Today's Headlines Saturday, February 28, 2015

Top News House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security By ASHLEY PARKER The agreement was reached after a setback for Speaker John A. Boehner and his team earlier Friday, when the House voted against their original plan to extend funding for the department for three weeks.  New Party in Charge, Same Challenges Boris Nemtsov, Putin Foe, Is Shot Dead in Shadow of Kremlin By ANDREW E. KRAMER Mr. Nemtsov, a former first deputy prime minister of Russia, was killed in central Moscow in the highest-profile assassination in Russia during the tenure of President Vladimir V. Putin. Online, American Helps Fuel Attacks in Egypt By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Shahid King Bolsen has used social media to encourage frustrated protesters to attack the corporate interests of the Egyptian Army. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

The Telegraph Front Page - February 28, 2015: Jihadi John hated Britain and was 'al ways ready for war.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

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Jihadi John hated Britain and was 'always ready for war'

Two medics who met Mohammed Emwazi said he often visited his friends in hospital and brought them sweets and ice cream in a shopping bag - Read more »

Did Jihadi John slip out of UK with fanatic rapper? - Read more » Leading Putin critic gunned down outside Kremlin - Read more » Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy dies aged 83 - Read more » Sir Cliff Richard: Lawyers hit out at MP's disclosures - Read more »

GATA | THE GATA DISPATCH - February 27, 2015: 2 Articles: China is about to overthrow London in gold trading, Maguire tells KWN | Maguire discusses wild leverage in metals, says London fixes soon will be obsolete

China is about to overthrow London in gold trading, Maguire tells KWN

Submitted by cpowell on Friday, February 27, 2015. 

 Friday, February 27, 2015

The King World News Internet site seems to have returned to operation with an interview with London metals trader Andrew Maguire.

Having inserted its government-owned banks into the new London gold price fixing system, China will overthrow the London bullion banks with a new gold exchange that cuts the banks out of any privileged position in the market, Maguire says. He predicts that as the London market loses pricing power, the bullion banks operating there no longer will be able to deliver real metal and will be forced to settle contracts in cash. An excerpt from Maguire's interview is posted at the KWN blog here:

http://kingworldnews.com/andrew-maguire-lbma-paper-ponzi-crushed-gold-si..

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Maguire discusses wild leverage in metals, says London fixes soon will be obsolete

Submitted by cpowell on  Friday, February 27, 2015. 

 Friday, February 27, 2015

The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson today interviews London metals trader Andrew Maguire about the wild leverage used by bullion banks in suppressing gold and silver prices. Also discussed is a new 23-hour worldwide gold exchange that Maguire expects will make the twice-daily London gold price fixes obsolete. Maguire's interview is 46 minutes long and can be heard at the TF Metals Report here:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/podcast/6650/big-changes-coming-global-gol...A

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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DealBook P.M. Edition - February 27, 2015: Top Story: Robert Benmosche, Ex-MetLife Chief Who Rescued .

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015

TOP STORY Robert Benmosche, Ex-MetLife Chief Who Rescued A.I.G., Dies at 70 Mr. Benmosche came out of retirement in 2009 to turn around the company, the worst casualty of the global financial crisis, which the American taxpayers spent $182 billion to bail out. NYT »

DEALBOOK HIGHLIGHTS

In Europe, Bond Yields and Interest Rates Go Through the Looking Glass Policy makers are taking drastic measures to revive the economy, resulting in financial transactions that seem upside-down.

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Street Scene: Instead of Wall St. Prosecutions, Holder Delivers a Deadline The attorney general has put a short clock on any new prosecutions involving mortgage-backed securities in the years before the financial crisis.

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Life@Work: The Rhythm of Great Performance One productivity tip: Focus in the most absorbed way possible when you are working and then take a break at least every 90 minutes.

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Lloyds Banking Group Returns to Profit and Resumes Dividend Payments The British lender's payout to shareholders is a milestone in its turnaround since being bailed out by the government during the financial crisis.

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Breakingviews: The Significance of Lloyds' Plan to Pay a Dividend The dividend is more about its existence than its size. It means that the British bank regulator is comfortable with Lloyds' profitability.

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BGC Partners Gains Control of GFI Group BGC said that it had acquired enough shares in a tender offer to give it a 56.3 percent stake in GFI, the New York brokerage firm and clearinghouse.

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BUZZ TRACKER

WSJ | Biggest Gainers Closing on February 27, 2015.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Biggest Gainers Closing

Biggest Gainers 4:31 pm ET 02/27/2015 NYSE ISSUE VOLUME PRICE CHG % CHG Xinyuan Real Estate ADS (XIN) 1,645,682 $3.06 0.55 21.91 Tetra Technologies (TTI) 4,820,904 5.97 0.99 19.88 DigitalGlobe (DGI) 4,107,283 33.25 4.80 16.87 Amira Nature Foods (ANFI) 877,716 10.36 1.38 15.37 Kindred Healthcare (KND) 5,573,808 21.22 2.35 12.45 BrasilAgro-Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agricolas ADS (LND) 23,619 3.20 0.34 11.89 Comfort Systems USA (FIX) 454,614 18.70 1.82 10.78 NeoPhotonics (NPTN) 230,805 3.68 0.33 9.85 Infoblox (BLOX) 3,710,614 23.25 2.02 9.51 Atlantic Power (AT) 1,899,936 2.90 0.25 9.43 Pacific Drilling (PACD) 1,253,406 3.64 0.31 9.31 Semgroup Cl A (SEMG) 1,420,192 77.31 6.23 8.76 Rose Rock Midstream (RRMS) 202,222 46.38 3.71 8.69 RCS Capital (RCAP) 1,001,102 11.40 0.82 7.75 MasTec (MTZ) 2,265,478 22.07 1.54 7.50 Sprint (S) 36,462,629 5.12 0.35 7.34 Westmoreland Resource Partners (WMLP) 5,596 11.47 0.77 7.20 Bio-Rad Laboratories Cl A (BIO) 392,190 127.18 8.18 6.87 Compania de Minas Buenaventura ADS (BVN) 2,264,534 11.58 0.71 6.53 Daqo New Energy ADS (DQ) 217,009 22.37 1.37 6.52 Peabody Energy (BTU) 9,719,692 7.90 0.47 6.33 Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 737,946 24.61 1.46 6.31 Belmond (BEL) 779,780 12.23 0.72 6.26 Globant (GLOB) 368,626 16.69 0.96 6.10 Petroleo Brasileiro ADS A (PBRA) 16,386,969 6.71 0.38 6.00

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