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Energy Secretary Chu Resigns Leaving Oil Markets in Turmoil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.06.2013 | Business
Read More: Politics, Rex Tillerson, Alternative Energy, Commodity Markets, Opec, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Bakken Formation, Exxon Mobil, Green, Bill Richardson, Cftc, Oil Gas, Dept of Energy, Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Energy, be it oil, natural gas or coal, involves core commodities to the functioning of our economic viability, and here the Department of Energy under Chu's tutelage has approached disaster.

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Commodities Trading Regulator Filed Record Actions In Past Year

AP | Posted 12.07.2011 | Business
Read More: Commodity Futures Trading Commission 2011, Commodities, Video, Commodity Prices, Commodity Markets, Business News, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Trading, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A federal agency that regulates commodities trading says it brought the most enforcement actions it has in its 37-year history during th...

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How the Financial Industry is Driving Up Gas and Heating Oil Prices

Josh Garrett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: New York Mercantile Exchange, Consumer Prices, Financial Industry, Gas Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Commodity Traders, Investment Banks, Gasoline Prices, Heating Oil Prices, Dan Dicker, Middle East Oil, US Economy, Commodity Markets, Oil Speculators, Nymex, Wall Street, Boom and Bust, Hedge Funds, Financial Sector, Saudi Arabia, Oil Prices, Oil Speculation, Libya, Oil's Endless Bid, Business News
Josh Garrett

If you think chaos in Libya is the only force driving up gasoline prices these days, think again. Over the past few decades, institutional investors like hedge funds and investment banks have flooded oil markets with hundreds of billions of dollars.

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