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Congress looks to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks

by Stephanie Hughes
Feb 8, 2022
Some of the proposed legislation would include spouses; some would include dependents as well.
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SEC's Gary Gensler wants to tighten rules around insider trading, stock buybacks and more

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Rose Conlon
Dec 21, 2021
The Security and Exchange Commission's proposals could attract pushback from corporate America.
Gensler's new proposals could attract pushback from corporate America.
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Do insider trading rules apply to corporate stock buybacks?

by Janet Nguyen
Sep 23, 2021
Big companies spent nearly $200 billion on share repurchases last quarter. The lack of government oversight has drawn a backlash.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Flush with cash, many big American companies are buying back their own shares, a practice that is relatively unregulated.
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SEC on high alert for illegal stock market activity

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 23, 2020
Haima Marlier, a former senior trial counsel for the SEC, says recent trading suspensions show the SEC is "very much paying attention."
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Shouldn’t a company have to tell you when it’s been hacked?

by Molly Wood
Mar 1, 2018
Here are three reasons why there should be breach-notification law.
In this photo illustration, a virtual map of the internet is projected onto a woman in London.
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Feds announce charges against Chinese hacker-insider traders

by Lewis Wallace
Dec 28, 2016
Hackers are finding new ways to profit.
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Federal prosecutors end 81 conviction win streak

by Mark Garrison and David Brancaccio
Jul 9, 2014
The not guilty verdict may mean insider trading convictions will be harder to get.
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Manipulating the markets, right from the online chat room

by Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2014
Scheming and dealing in chat rooms.
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Inside the most lucrative insider trading in U.S. history

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 7, 2014
Jury selection began in the trial of former SAC Capital trader Mathew Martoma.
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By The Numbers

Hedge fund founder calls insider trading rules "vague"

by Liyna Anwar
Nov 8, 2013
The documentary series Frontline uncovered video related to Steven A. Cohen and SAC Capital's fine of $1.2 billion.
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