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12/31/2009 - Global demand for crude oil expected to rise in 2010
The Year 2009 started with a great degree of pessimism as 2008 was dubbed as the worst year since the Great Depression.   Commodity Online
12/30/2009 - Schapiro Whipsawed By Wall Street, Lawmakers, Defers SEC Rules
Traders use the mostly unregulated contracts to speculate on everything from interest rates to oil prices, and companies use them to protect against losses.   Bloomberg
9/1/2009 - We’re In This Together
We believe unchecked speculative trading of oil futures is distorting the normal market dynamics of supply and demand.   US Airways
7/22/2009 - Oil and Gas ETFs: Dirty Truth
I've been screaming at the top of my lungs, telling people not to trade oil and gas ETFs like U.S. Oil (USO Quote) and U.S. Natural Gas (UNG Quote). They're perfectly horrible investment vehicles. Investors and traders have made crude oil part of their daily diet of speculation where it barely existed even three years ago.   The Street
7/13/2009 - Get a handle on energy trading
Forget for the moment that oil and gasoline prices have been falling lately and that OPEC thinks it will take four years to restore energy demand that has been shattered by the recession.   Lincoln Journal Star
Happening Now
9/8/2010  CFTC discusses derivatives rules with Wall St
Financial Times
8/27/2010  Barney Frank defends financial reform bill
The Orange County Register
8/23/2010  Smart reform of Wall Street
Washington Post
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