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Short Sellers Reined In by SEC, Lenders

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 7, 2009 8:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – After years of criticism, the SEC is reigning in short sellers, the Wall Street Journal reports. First it cracked down on “naked” short selling, the practice of selling stock one doesn’t actually possess, and tomorrow it could reinstate the “uptick rule,”...   Read full story »

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