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April 19, 2012

April is Oil Speculation Awareness Month

Daniel Fisher, National Review Online


Reuters

Today, the president will announce his plan to combat those devilish oil speculators that are driving up our gas prices. Per CNN, he’ll call on Congress to do the following:

• boost spending on technology to improve oversight and surveillance of energy markets.

• increase by six times the money spent on surveillance and enforcement staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to better deter oil Read Full Article ››


TAGGED: oil markets, legal enforcement, oil prices, oil speculation, President Obama

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