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Article: US drops curbs on short selling ; BANKING
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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RESTRICTIONS on short selling of financial stocks in the US are
to be lifted this week with evidence mounting that the measures
failed.
Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox
brought in the new rules on 15 July, saying it would stop unlawful
manipulation of stock prices.
Similar measures were introduced by the Financial Services
Authority in Britain amid fears investors were shorting banking
stocks ahead of key rights issues.
The rules in the ...
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