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Investigating alleged oil price manipulation

Posted Sep 7th 2009 11:00AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Insiders, Competitive Strategy, Oil, Technology

How do they do it? How is the price of oil manipulated?

The New York Times offers a look inside a company that allegedly manipulated oil prices and the methods they used to do it. The company is based in Amsterdam. It is little known and maintains a low profile, yet has become a force to reckoned with in the oil markets. What is the name of this company? It's called Optiver, and it employs about 600 people.

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