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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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Gensler Confirmed as Head of the CFTC - Will He Be Watching Oil Prices?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 06.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Sec, Gary Gensler, The Senate, Financial Crisis, Finanacial Times, Oil, Oil and Gas Prices, Green Energy, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Energy Policy, Manipulation, Seculation, Speculation, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Gensler will have to move away from the agency's "head in the sand" policy of recent years, while defending commodity futures trading against accusations of undue influence.

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McCain: "I've Suffered For My Country..."

Martin Lewis | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Jingoism, John McCain 2008, Cynical Politics, Shallow Sentiment, Saccherine Sentimentality, Exploitation, Raymond Scum, Confusing Endurance Worthy of Plaudits With Actual Heroism (See: Douglas Bader), Manipulation, Verb & POW, Noun, Politics News
Martin Lewis

"Now it's your turn..." (with props to Neil Innes)...

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