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State inspectors on the lookout for price gouging at gas stations

By Travis Andersen

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 04, 2012

With gas prices rising steadily in recent weeks, Governor Deval Patrick has directed state inspectors to step up efforts to ensure that gas stations are not engaged in price gouging, false advertising, and other deceptive practices, state officials said on Sunday. “We want to get ahead of the curve here,” said Barbara Anthony, the state’s undersecretary of consumer affairs and business regulation, in a phone interview. “We want to make sure that no one’s even thinking about price-gouging.”

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