US - The SEC moved again overnight to curb short selling, limiting the practice for all US-listed shares that have fallen by more than 10% in a day, and are still dropping.
SEC chairman Mary Schapiro, said the move was to "promote market stability and preserve investor confidence". Its earlier move, in September 2008 when it banned taking fresh short positions in U...
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