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Utah Encourages 'Alternative' Currency

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.20.2012

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Utah is making it easier for people to pay for things with gold and silver. Gary Herbert, Utah's Republican governor, signed into law in late March...

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The Faithful Shopper: More March Madness!

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.14.2012

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Faith Hope Consolo

It's March Madness again! And regular readers know that I'm not referring to basketball, but the new shops for spring so that we can refresh our wardrobes.

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The Market Robots Strike Again

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Trading Robots, High-Frequency Trading, Trading Algorithms, Wall Street, Bonds, Currencies, Metals, Gold, Silver, Ben Bernanke, Treasurys, Trading, Flash Crash, Treasury Bonds, Business News

Where is John Connor when you need him? We might need some help handling some robots. At about 10 a.m. on the East Coast, just after the Federal Re...

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Shipwreck Treasure: Trans-Atlantic Voyage Near End

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Video, Shipwreck Treasure, Peru, Hispanic Heritage, Silver, Gold, Spain, Sunken Treasure, Shipwreck, World News

TAMPA, Fla. — A 17-ton haul of silver coins, lost for two centuries in the wreck of a sunken Spanish galleon, began its journey back to its home...

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Peru Claims Last Minute Appeal

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Shipwreck Treasure, Peru, Appeal, Treasure, Spanish Treasure, Hispanic Heritage, Gold, Spanish, Silver, Spain, U.S. Supreme Court, Shipwreck, Video, Latino Voices News

TAMPA, Fla. — Peru's government filed a long-shot claim on Thursday for 17 tons of silver recovered from a 19th century shipwreck, one day befor...

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NRDC Files Lawsuit Blocking Untested Nanosilver Pesticide From Clothing

Jennifer Sass | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Silver, Pesticide, Nanotechnology, Nrdc, Green News
Jennifer Sass

Today we filed a federal lawsuit to block nanosilver, a potent antimicrobial pesticide, from market access. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

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Gold and Silver Price Manipulation

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Judge Painter, Silver, Price Manipulation, Gold, Bart Chilton, Cftc, Judge Levine, Video, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

The following chart reflects my own view of conditions that are historically good and bad for gold. Central banks' money printing on an unprecedented scale also makes the case for gold as a currency alternative.

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Investing In Precious Metals, From Suze Orman

Posted 03.14.2012

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Finance expert Suze Orman offers advice on investing in precious metals. Get Suze's FREE download to The Money Navigator enter the gift code MARLO at...

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Famous Writers, Artists, Lash Out At Mexico Mining Project

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Mexico Mine, Tomas Transtomer, Mining Mexico, Felipe Calderon, Mexico, Jean-Marie Le Clezio, Environmentalism, Silver, Silver Mine, Robert Hass, World News

MEXICO CITY — More than 150 internationally known writers and artists are urging Mexican President Felipe Calderon to cancel mining concessions ...

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Another Systemic Dislocation:The International Banking System Again on the Brink

Asher Edelman | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Commodities, Mortgage Derivative, International Banking, Silver, Banking Crisis, Gold, Taxpayers, Banking Community, Financial Collapse, Mortgage Crisis, Business News
Asher Edelman

Since January it has become more and more apparent that the commodities exchanges, commodities brokers and banks are running "short" or even running "out" of physical gold for delivery.

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The Silver Scam: How Wall Street Plans to Control Commodity Prices

Daniel Dicker | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Market Manipulation, Silver, Commodities, Etfs, Wall Street, Finance, Copper, Business News
Daniel Dicker

Silver and BlackRock's silver ETF, iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV), have been the target of some wild rumors in the past several months.

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Art Market Flash

Asher Edelman | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Art Market, Silver, Commodities, Second Economic Crisis, Hard-Assets, Business News
Asher Edelman

With hard asset commodities (silver, et al), declining and the previous two nights' auctions (in which there were few works of note), performing without sparkle, I am beginning to reflect on May of 2008. It was the last good auction for a while.

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Today's Silver Scandal

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Credit Derivatives, Cme, Silver, Hunt Brothers, Cftc, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

If anyone thinks that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has the right stuff to regulate the commodities markets, look no further than its failure to check manipulation in the silver market.

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Silver and Derivatives Dislocation

Asher Edelman | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Currency Weakness, Gold, Silver, Precious Metals, Commodities, Business News
Asher Edelman

The aggressive policies pursued by the American government and other debtor nations to debase their currencies have awakened speculation in "hard assets" such as silver, gold, other precious metals, and oil.

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Utah Recognizes Gold Coins As Legal Tender

CNN Money | Charles Riley | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Gary Herbert, Federal Reserve, Legal Tender, Utah Gold, Gold, Silver, Federal Taxes, Imf, Utah, Business News

The Beehive State has a new measure on the books that eliminates state taxes on the exchange of gold and silver coins and directs the legislature to s...

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I Should Have Kept Those Buffalo Nickels

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Diamonds, Rolex, Silver, Gold, Silver Quarters, Business News
Robert Lenzner

It's a sign of the times, when gold and silver are making new highs in precious metals markets and investors everywhere are worried about the value of their paper money.

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Gold, Silver Prices Hit New Peaks on Political Unrest

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Paulson, Soros, Oil, Gold, Silver, Libya, Gld, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Today, gold has become an expression of the instability spreading from Tunisia and Egypt to Iran and Bahrain -- and those street dissensions to come, conceivably in Kuwait, UAE, and elsewhere. Oil supplies are threatened. Buy gold and silver.

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Oil Prices Above $100 Threaten Recovery, Stock Market

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Silver, Gold, Libya, Paulson, Soros, Larry Fink, Mideast, Dollar, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Higher oil prices trumped the lower unemployment figures today. Violence in Libya trumps signs of economic recovery; 8.9% unemployment and a 3.1% gain in factory orders.

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Peak Debt

Daniel M. Cofall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Financial Freedom, Debt, Commodities, International Monetary Fund, Currency, Gold, Bankers, Sovereign Default, International Bankof Settlements, Wealth, FInancial Markets, Quantitative Easing, Oil, Silver, Imf, Business News
Daniel M. Cofall

From our friends at the Wall Street Journal Sunday night, "In 2011, Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs will consume 60% of all f...

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Straight Talk With Tyler Durden: The U.S. Is Free-Falling Into Bankruptcy

Chris Martenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Martenson, Ph.D.

"Straight Talk" features thinking from notable minds that the ChrisMartenson.com audience has indicated it wants to learn more about.  ...

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Trading Places: Fraud in the Commodities Market

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hsbc, Commodities, Markets, Dan Akroyd, Kickbacks, Pay-to-Play, Trading Places, Silver, Gold, JP Morgan, Eddie Murphy, Ipos, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Manipulation, Business News
Vivian Norris

In the past six months a huge fraud concerning manipulation and racketeering in the silver market (and now it seems also gold) looks like the making of a horror film.

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Silver Could Spike to $50 Because of Huge Short Interest

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Lenzner

Silver has outshone the rise in gold prices in recent weeks by jumping 50 percent from around $18 to nearly $30 and then backed off to $27.16 Saturday. This extraordinary increase in the price of silver suggests that short covering might explain part of the gain.

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Alert: QE II Has Lit the Fuse

Chris Martenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, Currency War, Money Printing, Inflation, Bernanke, Quantitative Easing, Silver, Gold, QE II, Blog, Unemployment, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Austerity, Business News
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.

The Fed's recent decision to openly monetize government debt means we're "almost there" in terms of the required shift in perception necessary to call an end to the "king dollar" period.

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QE2 Dangerous for American Wage Earners

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ppi, Wheat, Oil, Qe2, Gold, Silver, Soybeans, Sugar, Commodities, Cpi, Inflation, Commodity Prices, Consumption-Tax, Bernanke QE2, Business News
Robert Lenzner

A policy that makes fortunes for commodity traders, for hedge fund operators, for the gold and silver crowd while squeezing 90% of the nation is a terrible price to pay for replacing deflation with inflation.

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Arizona's Other Problem: Will Big Coal Power Line Destroy Solar Boom, Endangered Grasslands, Pioneer Heritage?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dirty Coal, Apache Generating Station, Renewable Energy, Silver, Coal Ash, Canada, Mining Operations, Arizona, Coal-Fired Plant, Coal, Apache, Solar Energy, Arizona Immigration, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Some residents claim their borderlands utility company is reportedly locking its customers into a costly and toxic dirty-energy future to cater to the potential demands of a Canadian mining operation.

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