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Insider Trading Investigation Reaches A New Stage
November 30, 2012 @ 15:49 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
Speculation intensified that federal prosecutors are looking at SAC Capital Advisers' owner Steven Cohen, but the government doesn't have enough evidence, a lawyer told American Public Media's Marketplace..
continued...Why Are Suitors Vying for Knight Capital?
November 27, 2012 @ 12:34 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
Rival firms are expected to submit bids this week to acquire Knight Capital Group, which could bring the potential acquirer savings in equity trading technology.
continued...Goldman’s Blankfein Says Entitlements Must Be Slowed, Contained
November 20, 2012 @ 11:15 AM | By Justin Grant
Goldman Sachs’ CEO says the deficit cannot be fixed without changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
continued...Stephen Colbert Takes on HFT
November 15, 2012 @ 12:20 PM | By Justin Grant
Stephen Colbert says the finance sector is safer now because Wall Street has removed the weakest link: man.
continued...Technology Fragility Threatens Markets
November 15, 2012 @ 10:45 AM | By Greg MacSweeney
Despite disaster recovery and business continuity plans that were implemented after Sept. 11 and then enhanced following the Northeast blackout in 2003, Hurricane Sandy has upped the DR/BC bar once again.
continued...SEC Intensifies the Knight Probe and Shifts Focus to Risk Controls
November 14, 2012 @ 13:25 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
The regulatory investigation of Knight Capital's trading glitch on Aug.1 could turn into a lesson for Wall Street on how the regulator will enforce the new market access rule.
continued...Debate Over Market Data Fees to Resurface in Court Case
November 13, 2012 @ 12:32 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
Lawyers representing a group of brokers, bankers and money managers, along with tech giants, will deliver closing arguments today in a court case fighting new market data fees charged by stock exchanges.
continued...2012: Year of the Busted Broker and Buy Side Trader
November 07, 2012 @ 10:45 AM | By Phil Albinus
It was a bad year for brokers and the buy side but it was a wonderful time to be a cold-eyed observer.
continued...Broker Says Nasdaq Caused Excessive Quote Spam in Several Stocks
November 02, 2012 @ 16:54 PM | By Justin Grant
Nasdaq rebuts charge from Themis Trading that its new pricing programs led to quote spamming.
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