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Why Are Gas Prices So High? Speculating About Oil Speculation


February 27, 2012

by: Dave Fehling

If you've filled up lately, we don't need to tell you gas prices are up. But how much of it can be blamed on oil speculators — those big investors who've been accused of manipulating the price of oil just to make a profit? Our StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling has been looking into what the government is trying to do about them.

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