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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 30 > Feds look into investor link to gas prices

Feds look into investor link to gas prices

Investigation will examine the possibility of manipulation in the futures markets

By Maura Reynolds / The Bulletin
May 30, 2008

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are investigating whether large institutional funds that have been snapping up futures contracts for oil and other commodities may have skewed the market and contributed to rising pump prices.

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission said Thursday that....

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