FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 5, 2012
CONTACT: Marvin Silver at 202-466-4282
marvin@ourfinancialsecurity.
*** PRESS ADVISORY ***
*** Conference Call Briefing Today ***
Experts to Discuss Impact of Wall Street Speculation on Gas Prices
And tools that government can use to reduce speculation and its costs
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform will host a conference call for reporters and bloggers on Today at 12:00 PM EDT to discuss the impact of Wall Street speculation on gas prices. Wall Street gambling is driving up gas prices and putting a strain on the economic recovery and the pocket-books of working families and the middle class.
WHO:
Professor Michael Greenberger, former Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Dr. Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Director of Research
Wallace Turbeville, Senior Fellow at Demos and former Goldman Sachs executive
Moderator: Lisa Donner, Americans for Financial Reform
WHEN:
Today
12:00 PM EDT
Please contact marvin@ourfinancialsecurity.
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