Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel for the first time in six months Monday, tumbling more than $5 as the demise of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch fed worries about the U.S. economy. ...more

September 16, 2008

Speculation by large investors - not supply and the demand for oil - were a primary reason for the surge in oil prices during the first half of the year and the more recent price declines, an independent study concluded Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

Forcing Alternatives Regarding "OPEC Gets A Pass On Antitrust Laws" (Other Views, June 25): ...more

July 1, 2008

Don't blame us. That's the message financial managers responsible for millions of Americans' retirement benefits delivered Tuesday to lawmakers who are increasingly blaming speculation for record fuel prices. ...more

June 25, 2008

Next time you face sticker shock at the gas pump over a $4 gallon of gas, check out your pension fund's investments. They may explain much about the surge in oil prices. ...more

May 31, 2008

Federal regulators are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation. ...more

May 30, 2008

Al Gore advised Wall Street leaders and institutional investors Thursday to ditch businesses too reliant on carbon-intensive energy - or prepare for huge losses down the road. ...more

February 15, 2008

A bid by the controlling shareholders of Cablevision Systems Corp. to take the cable TV company private next week ran into deeper trouble Wednesday when the company's largest outside investor said it would vote against the $10.6 billion deal, saying it shortchanges shareholders. ...more

October 18, 2007

Wall Street began the fourth quarter with a huge rally Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average above 14,000 and well into record territory for the first time in 2 1/2 months. Stocks were buoyed by a growing belief that the worst of the credit crisis has passed. ...more

October 2, 2007