Quote from capmac:
07-Jul-08 11:16 ET In Play
Lehman Brothers: Platts review bars Lehman from key oil trade window - Reuters (22.41 -0.44) : Reuters reports that the energy pricing agency Platts has put LEH under a temporary review that effectively excludes it under a temporary review from trading benchmark-setting oil contracts, four sources close to the matter said on Monday. The exact cause of the move was not immediately clear, although the practice of disallowing a market player from trading during Platts' price-setting window is relatively common and can be imposed for a variety of reasons, from credit issues to trade disputes to shipment technicalities. But it will be a setback for the No. 4 Wall Street bank, which has strived in recent years to build up a commodity and energy trading division to rival that of the long-standing giants GS and MS, and has seen its shares slump by nearly two-thirds on write-downs. A Lehman spokeswoman was not immediately able to comment, while Platts declined to confirm or deny the review on Lehman.
You mean to tell me these investment banks have been driving up oil causing more and more inflation, and then to top it off the fed is giving them free money from the US tax payers.
Get rid of these crooks, they are killing America.