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Goldman Director Starts Insider Trading Trial Today

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Mckinsey, Video, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Hedge Funds, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Galleon, Ap, Securities Fraud, P&G, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — The July 29, 2008, phone call between two titans of Wall Street began with the old friends exchanging mild pleasantries, but then qu...

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Rajaratnam Paid For Tips, Man Testifies

Reuters | Grant McCool and Basil Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mckinsey, Raj Rajaratnam, Michael Milken, Insider Trading Trial, Sri Lanka, Tips, Galleon, Anil Kumar, FBI Wiretaps, Tipping, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A disgraced former McKinsey & Co partner told jurors he leaked secrets about the elite consulting firm's clients in exchange ...

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Goldman CEO Will Testify For Insider Trading Case

Reuters | Soyoung Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Llyod Blankfein, Trial, Sec, Raj Rajartnam, Wall Street Journal, Galleon, Goldman Sachs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group (GS.N) Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has agreed to testify for the U.S. government at the upcoming trial of Galleo...

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Key Insider Pleads Guilty In Massive Insider Trading Case

nytimes.com | PETER LATTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Funds, Galleon Trial, Advanced Micro Devices, Danielle Chiese Guilty Plea, Amd, Galleon, Danielle Chiesi, Business News

In August 2008, Danielle Chiesi, an executive at a New York hedge fund, was swapping confidential information with an associate about a pending reorga...

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Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon Head, To Face Upgraded Insider Trading Charges In Court Today

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raj Rajaratnam, Raj-Rajaratnam-Galleon, Galleon, Galleon Group, Galleon Insider Trading, Raj-Rajaratnam-Arrested, Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Business News

NEW YORK — An October trial date in New York has been set for a wealthy financier charged in what prosecutors call history's largest hedge fund ...

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Galleon Hedge Fund Scandal: The Cursing, The Paranoia And $4 Million For Kenny Rogers On Auto-Repeat

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hedge Fund Scandal, Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon Scandal, Galleon, Kenny Rogers Raj Rajaratnam, Insider Trading Scandal, Kenny Rogers Galleon, Galleon Hedge Fund, Leon Shaulov, Danielle Chiesi, Business News

Research assistance by Claire Schneiderman The story of Galleon Group, the hedge fund at the heart of the biggest insider-trading scandal in decades,...

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CEO Overboard

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Galleon, Top Producer, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Hector Ruiz, Norb Vonnegut, Acrimoney, Financial Scandal, Hedgistan, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Presumably, there was a glory to betting big and being right. The highs from winning more than trumped considerations of fair play. Of course, there was one problem. They got caught.

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What Did We Learn from Insider Trading at Galleon?

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Raj Rajaratnam, Sec, Galleon, Insider Trading, Hedge Funds, McKinsey & Company, Anil Kumar, Ibm, Chiesi, Octopussy, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

What did we learn from insider trading at Galleon? First, hiring hookers is safer--no jail time--than flirting with with former beauty queens who consult hedge funds. Right, Eliot?

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Should Insider Trading Be Made Legal?

James Altucher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raj, Insider Trading, Intel, Scam, Hedge Fund, Galleon, Ponzi, Hilton, Wall Street, Google, Business News
James Altucher

I'm simply raising the question. Could legal insider trading lead to a more efficient market that would ultimately benefit investors and allow investigators to probe elsewhere?

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Modern Portfoolio Theory II

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sec, Galleon, Private Wealth Management, Hedge Funds, Norb Vonnegut, Raj Rajaratnam, Sec Investigations, Insider Trading, Securities, Galleon Scandal, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

What can investors do when their hedge funds implode? The Galleon scandal puts a fine point on this question.

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The Death of Insider Trading

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crimoney, Al Gore, Galleon, China, Insider Trading, Financial Scandal, Tony Blair, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Andy Kessler suggests that it's impossible for investors to get a short-term trading edge. It's better to make long-term investments based on big-picture trends.

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Rajaratnam Charged With Insider Trading

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER and CANDICE CHOI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon, Hedge Funds Insider Trading, Polycom, Hilton Hotels, Hedge Funds, Galleon Group, Sec, Galleon Chief, Securities and Exchange Commission, Rajaratnam, Intel, Business News

NEW YORK — One of America's wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider tr...

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