Stories tagged "speculation"

Stamp collecting can actually be a profitable venture, a hobby that can be transformed into a business, and for many entrepreneurs, a dream come true.

Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses.

Are enough people using Social Media for it to matter to government and business? We think so.

The Senate voted 94-0 to move ahead on legislation to curb speculation in oil markets. But any hope of bipartisanship to pass the bill is likely a mirage.

Congressional attacks on speculation do not alter the oil market's fundamental demand and supply conditions.

Purposeful change comes only in quantum leaps. Corrosive change eats away at the core silently, under the radar. Awareness is our only antidote.

The price of oil keeps hitting new highs, but is it the fault of oil speculators, as some in Congress claim? Or is that an oversimplification?

Every dogma has its day, and so it is with the posturing that blames the run-up in oil prices on "speculators." The new political consensus is that further "common-sense regulation" of the energy futures market is necessary.

Are emerging markets turning into submerging markets?

At the closed meeting Thursday, 10 nations had provided intelligence and documentation meant to assist in investigating the allegations of hidden nuclear weapons work by Iran, said the diplomats.