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Wall Street Profits On Pace For Record, Industry Recovering 'Faster Than Expected': NY State Comptroller

Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, New York State Comptroller, Wall Street Profits, Thomas P. DiNapoli, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Earnings, New York City, Bank Holding Companies, Business News

It took Wall Street just one year to make its way back to record profits. According to a report released Tuesday by the comptroller of New York State...

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Oil's Massive Price Distortion Militates the Reconvening of the 1970s Federal Oil Price Task Force

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Argus Index, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Obama Presidency, James Schlesinger, Department of Energy, Oil, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Opec, Energy, Commodity Futures Trading Commision, Bank Holding Companies, NewYork Times, Media, Wti, Cnbc, Nymerc, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

It is long past time that our government take seriously and study intensely how oil prices are determined in a world of OPEC, speculation, timid oversight and failing transparency.

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Chairman of Gazprom Predicts $100 Oil Because of Speculation. Speculation, Really?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Treasury Department, World, Opec, Trading Exchanges, Speculation, Cftc, Gazprom, Bank Holding Companies, Alexei Miller, State Deoartment, Oil, Russia, Manipulation, Natural Gas, Commerce Department, Philip Verleger, Donald Marron, Green Energy, Cnbc, NY Mercantile Exchange, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

"Manipulation" is immeasurably more sinister than "Speculation." It bespeaks of controlling, orchestrating and maneuvering to falsify and rig.

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