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5/31/08

Telegraph: Oil price profiteering to be curbed at ICE Futures Europe and Nymex - by James Quinn

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Oil price profiteering to be curbed at ICE Futures Europe and Nymex - by James Quinn

Two of the world's largest energy exchanges have forced traders to deposit significantly more money when investing to curb volatility in energy markets and drive out speculators.The exchanges and related clearing houses have found themselves at the center of the growing storm over claims that speculators have been behind the recent rise in oil prices to record levels. The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and ICE Futures Europe in London, the former International Petroleum Exchange, have now tripled "margin calls" for some contracts.

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