All of the ingredients were in place for industry-wide evidence of insider trading. Add a dash of deals and a new political zeitgeist and the recipe was complete.
A year ago the money manager Doug Kass predicted that we’d see a “broad-ranging sting” in 2010 which would surface “the existence of extensive exchange of information [...]
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Why rampant insider trading was inevitable
November 24th, 2010 by Financial Writer
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more...ET in the classroom: Quantitative Easing II
November 1st, 2010 by Financial Writer
What is quantitative easing II?
The term became fashionable post the global economic crisis in 2008, following which most governments across the globe had to pump in huge amount of liquidity in the markets to tide over the crisis. Quantitative easing is the process of infusing money into the system by creating ‘new money’ and eventually [...]
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China Day Ahead: U.S. Says Rare Earth Isn’t a Threat; Global Trade Balance
October 31st, 2010 by Financial Writer
The U.S. Defense Department has concluded that China’s monopoly on rare-earth materials, used in military hardware such as missile guidance and radar systems, poses no threat to national security, according to a person familiar with a year-long study by the Pentagon.
The report notes that rising prices and supply uncertainties are spurring private investment in new [...]
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Ahead of the Bell: Leading economic indicators
January 21st, 2010 by Financial Writer
Analysts expect that a private forecast of U.S. economic activity rose at a slightly slower pace in December, signaling that the slow, bumpy recovery from the recession was likely to continue.
The Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators likely rose 0.7 percent last month, according to Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters. The index, [...]
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