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Oil price probe widens, senator wants Justice Department help

A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands and a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice Department to join the investigation.Dutch trading house Argos Energies, a mid-sized trading company that deals in physical oil products and owns storage facilities, was visited by inspectors from the European Commission on Tuesday, a source familiar with the investigation said on Friday.The visit occurred on the same day that authorities raided the London bureau of pricing agency Platts, and the offices of Statoil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP in the biggest cross-border action since the probe into rigging of Libor benchmark interest rates.In Washington, the chairman of the Senate's energy committee asked the Justice Department to investigate whether alleged price manipulation has boosted fuel prices for U.S. consumers."Efforts to manipulate the European oil indices, if proven, may have already impac...

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  1. Deputy AG Says AP Subpoenas Were Limited In Scope

    Deputy Attorney General James Cole on Tuesday wrote the Associated Press about the Justice Department's decision to subpoena the news agency's phone records, saying ...

  2. Report: DoJ Collected AP Phone Records

    Developing: The Associated Press said the U.S. government secretly mined two months' worth of phone records in what the wire service called a "serious interference" ...

  3. Ranbaxy to Pay $500 Million in Adulterated Drugs Case

    Indian generic pharmaceutical maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.'s (500359.BY) U.S. subsidiary has pled guilty to felony charges relating to adulterated drugs made at t...

  4. Ranbaxy to Pay $500 Million in Adulterated Drugs Case; Largest Such Settlement Ever

    Indian generic pharmaceutical maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.'s (500359.BY) U.S. subsidiary has pled guilty to felony charges relating to adulterated drugs made at t...

  5. BofA fires back at New York over modification violations

    Bank of America Corp has fired back at New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after he threatened to sue the bank for violating the terms of a $25 billion settl...

  6. BofA Lawyers Tell N.Y. AG He Has No Rights to Sue

    Bank of America Corp. (BAC) is pushing back against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who threatened to sue the bank over alleged violations of last year'...

  7. Will NY Drop Charges Against BofA?

    Last month, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman withdrew claims for up to $6 billion in damages against former AIG <AIG.N> chief Hank Greenberg. Now, another...

  8. Analysis: New York may have to drop claims against BofA over Merrill

    Last month, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman withdrew claims for up to $6 billion in damages against former AIG chief Hank Greenberg. Now, another big cas...

  9. BofA sells $110 billion CMBS servicing rights portfolio to KeyBank

    Bank of America Corp will sell a commercial mortgage servicing rights portfolio valued at around $110 billion to a KeyCorp unit for an undisclosed amount, the latest...

  10. JPMorgan sued by California over 'illegal' debt collections

    California's attorney general sued JPMorgan Chase & Co on Thursday, accusing the company of falsely signing documents to unlawfully collect credit card debt from tho...

  11. California Attorney General Sues J.P. Morgan Over Alleged 'Fraudulent and Unlawful Debt-Collection Practices'

    California Attorney General Kamala Harris sued J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) in state court on Thursday, claiming the bank has "run a massive debt collection mill tha...

  12. Calif. Sues J.P. Morgan Over Debt Collections

    California sued J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. late Thursday over alleged unlawful debt-collection practices in the state. Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris said the ba...

  1. California approves Tesoro's buy of BP refinery

    U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp has received formal approval from California's attorney general to buy a BP Plc refinery for more than $2 billion.Attorney General Kamala Ha...

  2. Tesoro wins U.S. antitrust OK to buy California BP refinery

    Refiner Tesoro Corp. has received formal approval from antitrust regulators to buy a BP Plc refinery in southern California for more than $2 billion without requirin...

  3. Senator seeks probe into impact of alleged EU oil price manipulation

    The chairman of the Senate's energy committee asked the Justice Department on Friday to investigate whether alleged price manipulation by three oil companies in Euro...

  4. NY AG Probes Fast Food Pay Practices

    The New York attorney general's office on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that fast-food operators in the state are underpaying workers in violation o...

  5. Exclusive: U.S. approval of Tesoro BP refinery buy seen imminent

    Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Carson, California, as early as June 1, sources ...

  6. Lawmakers Press Holder on AP Phone Records

    Members of Congress expressed concern Wednesday about the Justice Department's subpoena of Associated Press phone records at a hearing where Attorney General Eric Ho...

  7. FTC Fraud Survey: 1 in 10 Americans Adults Swindled

    This is on the level: An estimated 25.6 American adults -- more than 10% of the nation's adults -- were swindled by fraudsters during 2011, according to a report iss...

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