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Glenn Beck's Latest Venture: Emergency Food Rations
4:30PM 10/27/2010
Glenn Beck, who has risen to fame as the voice of America's distressed conservatives, is involved in numerous for-profit ventures. His latest involves emergency food rations, designed to sustain his fans through the many crises to come.
Congressman: Goldline International preyed on consumers' fears, lied
10:09AM 9/24/2010
Frightening investors with a tale of government seizing gold bullion - which last happened in 1933. Salesmen suggesting the only "safe" gold investments are coins and commemoratives. A doctor telling of buying $160,000 in gold coins and six months later learning they were worth $80,000 less than...
The TV ads for gold seem everywhere on cable and radio conservative talk shows. Some feature Glenn Beck. Gold, they suggest, is a hedge for the country's economic woes.
Now Congress is about to take a look at complaints that gold coins and commemoratives are dubious as investments and that the...
Gold Prices May Suffer Amid Complaints About Coin Scams
8:00AM 7/30/2010
Gold bugs like to think gold covers all bases, whether inflation or deflation rules. But major vendors like Goldline are coming under scrutiny for steering investors into coins with markups of 35% -- or worse, customers say.
Gold Coins or Gold Cons? Dangers Lurk for Precious Metal Investors
11:15AM 7/19/2010
With fear about the future and mistrust of government on the rise, more investors are buying gold. But they should tread with caution: Gold bugs pitch the precious metal as a safe economic hedge, but the sellers' shenanigans could cost you a bundle.
Update: Glenn Beck no longer a 'paid spokesman' for Goldline
10:10AM 12/14/2009
When we last checked in on Glenn Beck, the baby-faced conservative host was being credited as a "paid spokesman" for Goldline, a gold-coin vendor, even as his employer, News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox News, was saying its personalities aren't allowed to make product endorsements. Clearly, something had to...
Thar's gold in them shills! Fox raps Glenn Beck's endorsement deal
7:45PM 12/07/2009
Glenn Beck's dual embrace of gold -- as an investment vehicle for his listeners and a personal moneymaking opportunity for himself -- has drawn boos from various journalism watchdogs. And now it looks like the talk-show host's close relationship with one purveyor of gold coins has gotten him in a...
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