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January 2008
“Oil
Prices Detached form Demand in West”
By Neil King, Jr and Spencer Swartz
(Wall Street Journal,
1/15/2008, Subscription)
“Speculators
bet on $200/barrel oil”
(Bloomberg News Service, 1/7/2008)
“Policing
the Energy Markets”
(The Star Ledger, NJ, 1/6/2008)
“Who
is to blame for Soaring Commodity Prices?”
By Dunstan Prial (Fox Business, 1/4/2008)
“Truckers
Caught in Diesel-Fuel Pinch”
By Patricia Daddona (The Day, CT, 1/4/2008)
“OPEC: $100 Oil is due to Speculation, not Supply & Demand”
(Associated
Press, 1/3/2008)
“Speculators
to blame for $100 oil spike”
By
Mohammed Aly Sergie (Emirates Business 24-7, 1/4/2008)
“Supply,
Demand and (Maybe) Speculation Equal $100 Barrel”
By Michael Fletcher (Washington Post, 1/3/2008)
December 2007
“Fear,
uncertainty plus falling dollar's worth driving oil up
in volatile market”
By Nicole Maxwell (The Sun, 12/31/2007)
“Oil
Traders Eye $100 Crude Next Year”
By John Wilen (Associated Press, 12/31/2007)
“Oil
trade regulation delayed in House”
By Ml Leary (Bangor Daily News, 12/26/2007)
“Courtney:
Energy Trading Needs More Oversight”
By Anthony Cronin (The Day, CT, 12/20/2007)
“Law
Professor testifies on energy speculation before House
committee”
By Judy Heiger (UMB News, 12/20/2007)
“Amaranth
collapse continues to fascinate the markets”
By William Hutchings (DowJones/Financial Times, 12/19/2007)
“House
committee boosts CFTCs authority”
By Dan Caterinicchia (Forbes, 12/12/2007)
“Statement
of Carl Levin on ‘Enron Loophole’”
(Posted at AllAmericanPatriots.com, 12/14/2007)
“Senate
votes to end farm debate, extend CEA”
By Charles Abbott (Reuters, 12/13/2007)
“Farmers
warned market volatility will continue”
By Gary Truitt (HoosierAgToday, 12/13/2007)
“Senate ‘OKs’ close
watch on energy markets”
By H. Josef Hebert (Associated Press, 12/13/2007)
“House
Committee endorses broader CFTC oversight”
By Chris Doering (Reuters, 12/12/2007)
“Gasoline,
Heating Oil expected to rise”
By Steve Gesli (MarketWatch, 12/11/2007)
“US
Senate ramps up pressure for greater oil market regulation”
(Dow Jones Newswires, 12/11/2007)
“Regulators’ turf
battles prompt talk about reform”
By Jeremy Grant (Financial Times, 12/5/2007)
“FERC
reaffirms anti-manipulation powers”
(Pennnet.com, 12/4/2007)
“Truckers
put blame on oil speculation”
By George
Chappell (Bangor Daily News, 12/3/2007)
November 2007
“Close
the Enron Loophole”
By Susan Ware (Waldo County Citizen, 11/30/2007)
“Investors,
lawmakers keep eyes on energy,”
by Isabelle Clary (pionline.com, 11/12/2007)
“Senator
[Levin] aims to end speculation,”
by Kenneth Hickson (Daily Iberian, [LA] 11/10/2007)
“Investment
banks turn to energy trading,”
(AP, 11/9/2007)
“Maine
Oil Dealers Urge Congress to Address Escalating Heating
Oil and Gasoline Prices,”
(Maine Today, 11/7/2007)
“CFTC's
Chilton Urges Closing of 'Enron Loophole,’”
by Christopher Faille (hedgeworld.com, 11/6/2007)
Price
of oil a cold reality
By Lucas K. Murray, November 5, 2007
“Oil’s
Recent Rise Not as Familiar as it Looks”
By Steven Mufson, Washington Post, November 5, 2007
“Hot
Commodity: Heating Oil Leans toward $3”
Burlington Free Press, November 4, 2007
“Feinstein,
Cantwell, Wyden work to prevent price manipulation in
energy markets”
Press Release, November 2, 2007
“Rep
Welch Seeks to Stop Heating Oil Price Manipulation”
WCAZ-TV, Vermont, November 1, 2007
Rep.Welch’s
bill shuts ‘Enron Loophole’ inflating heating
fuel bills
Washington, DC Press Release – November 1, 2007
October 2007
Former
BP Trader Agrees to $400K to Settle Charges of Attempted
Manipulation of Gasoline Prices
CFTC Press Release – October 25, 2007
BP
to pay more than $370 Million for alleged Environmental
Crimes and Propane Manipulation
DOJ Press Release – October 25, 2007
NYMEX
Praises CFTC Report Calling for New Oversight of Exempt
Markets
PR Newswire – October 24, 2007
CFTC
Recommends Legislative Changes to Regulation of Exempt
Markets
CFTC Press Release - October 23, 2007
Energy
Traders Avoid Scrutiny – As Commodities Market
Grows, Oversight is Slight
By David Cho, Washington Post – October 21, 2007
First
International Commodity Market Manipulation Conference
CFTC Press Release – October 15, 2007
September 2007
Senator
aims to stop energy market manipulation
By Tom Doggett, Reuters – September 17, 2007
Senator
Levin Introduces Bill to Close the Enron Loophole and
Prevent Manipulation and Excessive Speculation in Energy
Markets
Washington, DC Press Release – September 17, 2007
Energy
Market Oversight Coalition Presses Congress for Greater
Accountability in Energy Commodity Markets
EMOC Press Release - September 4, 2007
July 2007
CFTC
Charges Hedge Fund Amaranth & Former Trade with Attempted
Manipulation of Natural Gas Prices
CFTC Press Release – July 25, 2007
How
traders gamble with your energy dollars
By James Collura for the Boston Globe – July 17,
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