Greedy Oil Conglomerate Conspires To Bilk Consumers

Not Exxon Mobil.  Not ConocoPhillips.  Not BP or Chevron.

Market manipulation in the oil business is very real, but the culprits never seem to get the credit.

Oil prices climbed to $60 a barrel Monday as producer group OPEC prepared for an emergency meeting this week to finalize an agreement to cut crude output.

The deal to reduce global oil supplies would come just as the United States, the world's largest energy consumer, enters the high-demand winter heating season.

Update your Reuters-to-English dictionary:  Producer group = Cartel.