Insider Trading

Steven A. Cohen's Ex-Wife Files Suit Accusing Billionaire Of Insider Trading

New York Times | JENNY ANDERSON and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Stevie Cohen, Greenwich, Insider Trading, Hedge Funds, Patricia Finke, Costa Rica, Brett K. Lurie, Hedge Fund, SAC Capital Advisors, Steven A. Cohen, Real Estate, Donald Cohen, Business News

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Ms. Cohen claims her ex-husband hid millions of dollars from her -- a common enough complaint as big-money divorces go. ...

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SEC, NYSE Investigate Trading In Buffett's Big Rail Deal

Dan Dorfman | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Warren Buffett, Stock Trading, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Securities Fraud, Business News
Dan Dorfman

The sizeable number of SEC stock trading investigations indicates that it's business as usual for people who want to beat the system, even if it means chancing fines, jail time and disgrace if they're caught.

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Raj Rajaratnam Denies Insider Trading Allegations, Says Trades Were Based On Analyst's Work

Bloomberg | David Scheer, Joshua Gallu and David Glovin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Wiretap, Insider Trading, Hedge Fund, Galleon Group, Sec, Raj Rajaratnam, Business News

Attorneys for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam denied a U.S. regulator's claims he engaged in insider trading, saying he based investments on anal...

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Galleon Hedge Fund Demise Caused By Former Beauty Queen

bloomberg.com | Anthony Effinger, Katherine Burton and Ian King | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: New Castle Funds, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Wall Street, Danielle-Chiesi, Galleon Group, University of Colorado, Beauty Queen, Business News

Danielle Chesi, a one-time sorority sister at the University of Colorado is a small fry compared with Rajaratnam, who managed $7 billion in 2008. Of a...

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Roomy Khan, Galleon Insider Trading Informant, Tipped Off Several Other Hedge Funds, Destroyed Evidence

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Roomy Khan, Sec, Galleon Group, Galleon Hedge Fund, Securities Fraud, Roomy Khan Plea, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roomy Khan, one of several former traders cooperating with the prosecution of the biggest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case, t...

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Insider Trading: How is a Secret Best Kept?

Mary Shannon Little | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Compliance, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate America, Home News
Mary Shannon Little

How can any company keep information known to dozens, maybe hundreds, of corporate executives, lawyers, bankers and accountants confidential?

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New Insider Trading Cases: Arthur Cutillio, Zivi Goffer And 12 Others Arrested In Galleon Scandal

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Raj Rajaratnam, Zivi Coffer, New Insider Trading Cases, Arthur Cutillio, Galleon Group, Insider-Trading, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) - By Larry Neumeister -- Criminal charges have been filed against 14 people, including attorneys and Wall Street professionals, in a wid...

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The Death of Insider Trading

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

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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Galleon Paid Banks $250 Million For Insider Tips: Financial Times

ft.com | Henny Sender | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Morgan Stanley, Galleon Scandal, Wall Street, Galleon Group, Business News

The Galleon hedge fund at the centre of an insider trading scandal paid hundreds of millions of dollars a year to its Wall Street banks and in return ...

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CEO Overboard

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

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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Is the Morality Gene Missing?

Dan Solin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Patricia Cornwell, Sec, Insider Trading, Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, Bernie Madoff, Financial Reform, Business News
Dan Solin

The news reinforces my belief that there is something rotten at the core of the financial services industry. I am not discussing old news like Bernie Madoff. Here are some items that crossed my desk this week.

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Insider Trading for the Rest of Us

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Etf, Warren Buffett, Securities and Exchange Commission, Larry Swedroe, Nathan Hale, Peter Lynch, Jim Cramer, Allan Roth, Index Funds, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

Want to profit from the Galleon insider trading case? Then take the hint: It's a waste of time trying to beat the pros at the stock picking game. They outgun you, and they don't always play fair.

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Modern Portfoolio Theory II

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

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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Roomy Khan: Informant In Galleon Insider Trading Scandal REVEALED

Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Galleon Group, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Roomy Khan, Hedge Funds, Business News

The name of the informant who tipped off authorities to one of the largest insider trading cases in history has surfaced. According to The New Yor...

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Should Insider Trading Be Made Legal?

James Altucher | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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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Moral of Insider-Trading Bust: Only Fools Try to Beat the Street

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Stock Market, Business News
Henry Blodget

There's a saying in poker: If you don't know who the patsy is at the table, it's you. Next time you feel like bellying up to the Wall Street poker table, therefore, ask yourself again who the sucker is.

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Sources: SEC Gearing Up For Insider-Trading Crackdown

Bloomberg | By Joshua Gallu and David Scheer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Arlen Specter, Federal Investigations, Insider Trading, Investigations, Raj Rajaratnam, Bradley Bennett, Terrorism, Sri Lanka, Robert Khuzami, Regulation, Rajaratnam, Blackstone, Investigation, Blackstone Group, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Arthur Samburg, Sec, Galleon Group, Preet Bharara, Baker Botts, Business News

Federal investigators are gearing up to file charges against a wider array of insider-trading networks, some linked to the criminal case against billi...

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Raj Rajaratnam Charged With Insider Trading

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER and CANDICE CHOI | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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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Mark Cuban: SEC Files Notice Of Appeal Ruling In Trading Case Against Billionaire

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Mavericks, Court of Appeals, Sec, Nba, Appeals Court, Mark Cuban, Trading, Mamma.com, Insider-Trading, Dallas, Business News

DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission says it plans to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of the agency's insider-trading lawsuit agai...

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Supreme Court Rejects Former Qwest CEO's Insider Trading Appeal (WATCH)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Insider Trading, Qwest Insider Trading, Denver, Nacchio Insider Trading, Joe Nacchio, Supreme Court. U.S. Supremem Court, Qwest Communications, Denver News

Update: Watch the 9News report on Joe Nacchio's rejection by the U.S. Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former Qwest CEO Joseph N...

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Feeding the Ducks on Wall Street

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Economic Recovery, Wall Street, Private Equity, Economy, Stock Market, Business News
Michael J. Panzner

Many of those at Main Street's front lines are following the old Wall Street dictum: When the ducks are quacking, feed them.

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The WSJ Tries to Fix Our Mistakes

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Wall Street, Economy, Media Maneuvers, Mistakes, Behavioral Finance, Personal Finance, Robert Teitelman, Business, Wall Street Journal, Risk, Business News
Robert Teitelman

Were we crazy to believe, or at least fear, that we were heading into a depression in December?

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Why Mozilo Was Charged With Insider Trading

Michael Martin | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Insider Trading, Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial, Business News
Michael Martin

The SEC has charged Angelo Mozilo with civil fraud and insider trading. Civil fraud charges also were filed against Countrywide's former chief operat...

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Angelo Mozilo Fraud Charges: SEC Charges Former Countrywide CEO

AP | MARCY GORDON and GREG RISLING | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Insider Trading, Countrywide Ceo, Countrywide Financial, Sec, Securities Exchange Commission, Angelo Mozilo, Business News

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday charged Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of fallen mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Co...

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Merrill Lynch: Australian Insider Trading Claims False

business.smh.com.au | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: David Waterhouse, Merrill Lynch, Australia, Biggest Insider Trading Claims, Insider Trading, Business News

Merrill Lynch, one of the most famous names in banking, has denied allegations that it engaged in what would be the biggest case of insider trading in...

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