Short Selling

Govt trading ban could have unintended results

AP | MARCY GORDON and STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The government's unprecedented move Friday to ban people from betting against financial stocks might be a salve for the market's tu...

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New York AG launches probe of short-selling

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — New York state is launching an investigation into whether some traders used illegal tactics to drive down the stock price of several ...

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UK Bans Short Selling On Financials Through January

AP | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business

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LONDON — Britain's financial regulator said Thursday it was temporarily banning the short-selling of shares in financial companies that are list...

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Short Selling Rules Expire Today

Reuters | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business

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Last month, the SEC imposed a temporary rule that requires investors to borrow stock before executing a short sale in 19 major Wall Street firms such ...

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Naked Short-Selling Ban Extended Through August 12 -- But That's It

AP | RICHARD JACOBSEN | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

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Federal regulators on Tuesday extended through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance ...

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Short-Selling Protection Expanded Could Hurt Computerized Trading: Report

Wall Street Journal | Jenny Strasburg, Kara Scannell and Randall Smith | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business

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The rules appear to have had their intended effect of halting the slide in shares of financial companies such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Lehman Br...

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Short Selling Rules In U.S. Have Australians Steamed

DealBook | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

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Australian hedge fund players have come out swinging against the United States' efforts to curb short selling, arguing that hedge funds are being targ...

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SEC Prohibits Some Short Selling

DealBook | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

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In some corners of Wall Street and Washington, short sellers have become about as unpopular as Red Sox fans at Yankee Stadium. Short sellers, who bet...

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