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Marketplace for 7/25/13 – Criminal charges for SAC
Jul 25, 2013

Marketplace for 7/25/13 – Criminal charges for SAC

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The Justice Department has charged big hedge fund SAC for insider trading. High-profile actions like this are rare: Think Enron and Arthur Andersen. And remember, both those companies ceased to exist in any real way after their criminal charges. Also, Facebook stock is booming as mobile advertising at the company showed real promise. Will users be turned off as even more ads show up in their mobile news feed?

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The Justice Department has charged big hedge fund SAC with insider trading.
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York speaks at a news conference July 25, 2013 about a federal indictment against SAC Capital, the hedge fund run by billionaire Steven A. Cohen. SAC Capital Advisors was charged in federal court in Manhattan in an indictment with wire fraud and four counts of securities fraud, as prosecutors allege the crimes were carried out from 1999 through at least 2010.
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The Justice Department has charged big hedge fund SAC for insider trading. High-profile actions like this are rare: Think Enron and Arthur Andersen. And remember, both those companies ceased to exist in any real way after their criminal charges. Also, Facebook stock is booming as mobile advertising at the company showed real promise. Will users be turned off as even more ads show up in their mobile news feed?

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