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Short-selling new rules are under review
Gordon Brown has said there will be new rules governing the practice of short-selling in four months' time, when the temporary ban imposed last week by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on short-selling financial stocks expires.

"Interim Final Temporary Rule
What should regulated persons make of a federal agency describing a binding regulation as an ?interim final temporary rule?? That?s the self-titling the Securities and Exchange Commission gives to two (here and here) of its latest in a series of controversial regulations concerning short selling of securities (selling securities one doesn?t own at a current price to be delivered in the future after buying them at an expected lower price)...

SEC Announces Extension of Emergency Short Selling Orders and Related Action
The SEC recently issued a statement announcing that it was extending certain temporary emergency orders and describing other actions relating to short selling rules. The following temporary orders are being extended: ? The order prohibiting short selling in public financial companies specified by the securities exchanges on which the shares of those companies are listed...

SEC Constrains Short Selling: Too Little Too Late
(Editor’s Note: Earlier memoranda and posts on this Blog by the author may be accessed here and here. The SEC’s new rules on short-selling issued yesterday are available here...

SEC Issues New Rules to Protect Investors Against Naked Short Selling Abuses
News release: "The Securities and Exchange Commission today took several coordinated actions to strengthen investor protections against "naked" short selling....

The Short Life of the Short-Selling Ban
With the bailout bill now signed by the President, the temporary ban on short-selling will now end on Wednesday, October...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Evergreen
Wachovia, Settle Securities Allegations over Ultra Short Opportunities Fund

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms

AT&T Mobility, Nokia
accused of selling a used cell phone as new

Petland
Faces Class Action for Selling Unhealthy Puppies

Sears
Class Action over Alleged Selling of Customer Information