1.0link79480<![CDATA[Fame-Seeking Trader Plotted Pushing Oil To $100]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/03/fameseeking-trader-plotte_n_79480.htmlAn independent trader apparently intent on securing his place in market history was responsible for oil prices briefly touching the unprecedented level of $100 a barrel - on the back of a single tiny trade, writes Javier Blas.
Some observers questioned the validity of the price mark when it emerged that the peak was the result of a trader - one of the "locals" who trade on their own money - buying from a colleague just 1,000 barrels of crude, the...