What, with the global warming and the floods and all.
"Dutch firm accused of plotting to 'bully' oil and gas markets
WASHINGTON - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, under pressure from Congress to regulate markets in the wake of record oil prices, accused Dutch trading company Optiver Holding BV of manipulating US energy markets.
Yeah, it's all the Dutch's fault.
What, they not ponying up troops for Afghanistan?
Being easy on Iran?
What?
The other employees, who were in charge of trading at Optiver, were recorded on a phone call "acknowledging that their manipulative scheme was 'a fun game' and contemplating whether or not they could expand it to other markets, including 'soft' commodities such as sugar, wheat, or corn," the commission said.
Sounds like an ENRON SITUATION, doesn't it?
Is that why economy is synonymous with lying looting in my mind these days, readers?
