« Delta, Northwest pilots agree on joint contract | Main | United adopts Saturday-night stay fare rule »

Northwest CEO blames speculators for oil prices

Northwest CEO Doug Steenland had tough words in congressional testimony for speculators, who he said have played a major role in driving up oil prices. Read more about it in a Business Travel World story.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/mt-tb-trythis.cgi/6661.

Comments (1)

YHS:

Just remember,, for someone to speculate there has to be a buyer and a seller.. Just like the Phillies needing a pitcher, the Phillies are a buyer and some team has to be a seller.. It's just that simple..

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Philly.com discussions are intended to be civil, friendly conversations. Please treat other participants with respect and in a way that you would want to be treated. You are responsible for what you say. And please, stay on topic.

These boards are monitored by Philly.com staff. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. Personal attacks, especially on other board participants, are not permitted. We reserve the right to permanently block any user who violates these terms and conditions.

Copyright © 2006-2008 Philadelphia Newspapers L.L.C. All Rights Reserved.

Author

Tom Belden, a former Inquirer business writer, has written about Philadelphia International Airport, airlines, the travel industry, the conventions and meetings business for 25 years. He has traveled to all 50 states and extensively in Europe and Mexico.


About

This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on June 25, 2008 4:35 PM.

The previous post in this blog was Delta, Northwest pilots agree on joint contract.

The next post in this blog is United adopts Saturday-night stay fare rule.

Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

Powered by
Movable Type 3.35