Huffington Post
Matt Taibbi Rips Into Goldman's 'Naked Short Selling'
It doesn't happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us. Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyers for Goldman, Sachs slipped on one whopper of a legal banana peel, inadvertently delivering some of the bank's darker secrets into the hands of the public.Read More...
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Reuters
SEC charges OptionsXpress over naked short selling
(Reuters) - The online brokerage OptionsXpress and five individuals were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with involvement in an abusive naked short-selling scheme.
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WSJ
Nasdaq Short Sales Decline
Short selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market fell in the first half of February, according to the latest twice-monthly figures for the exchange. Short-selling data from the New York Stock Exchange weren't available as of press time.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Mesoblast warns short sellers
SHORT selling a company with good clinical trial results is risky, says Mesoblast CEO Silviu Itescu.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Brothers made millions from illegal trades of Fairfax, other firms: SEC
Jeffrey and Robert Wolfson stand accused of naked short selling shares of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and other companies
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Brothers made $17-million from illegal share trades of Fairfax Financial, other firms: SEC
Jeffrey and Robert Wolfson stand accused of naked short selling shares of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and other companies
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FT
China set to bolster short selling
Analysts say move will spur hedge fund industry
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BoingBoing
Complex Systems Institute claims "bear raid" market manipulation crashed the global economy
A paper from the New England Complex Systems Institute claims that they have found evidence that traders executed a "bear raid" on Citigroup in 2007, precipitating the financial collapse. A "bear raid" is a market manipulation technique in which short sellers conspire to dump huge quantities of borrowed shares into the market all at once, [...]
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Groupon hit by wave of short selling
Shares still trading higher than IPO price but larger percentage of free-floating shares shorted
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NEWS.au.com
France prolongs ban on short selling
FRANCE has prolonged a ban on short selling shares in 10 key financial institutions in order to prevent harmful speculation.
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