| From WSJ: Debate over the role of speculation in pushing up commodity prices took a new political turn after the European Union's executive arm cut a controversial paragraph from a long-awaited report on improving transparency in markets.
The report, released Wednesday, had already been delayed by a week after French President Nicolas Sarkozy lambasted an earlier version, which said it had found no evidence of "a correlation between the substantial increase in index fund positions and commodity futures prices.".............................................Full Article: Source
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