<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - trader</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/trader</link><description>Newsvine - trader</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:25:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:59 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NY trader pleads guilty in $1B Apple stock scheme</title>
<description><![CDATA[A securities trader admitted Monday that he participated in a scheme involving the unauthorized purchase of about $1 billion of Apple stock that wound up costing his employer $5 million, federal prosecutors said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765036-ny-trader-pleads-guilty-in-1b-apple-stock-scheme</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765036-ny-trader-pleads-guilty-in-1b-apple-stock-scheme</guid><category>us</category><category>fraud</category><category>us-news</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:46:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-KPMG partner hit with civil, criminal charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[It has shades of a Hollywood crime story.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Weber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Weber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17705782-ex-kpmg-partner-hit-with-civil-criminal-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17705782-ex-kpmg-partner-hit-with-civil-criminal-charges</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>kpmg</category><category>trader</category><category>insider</category><category>securities-exchange-commission</category><category>scott-london</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:25:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a792402f-4ce8-4511-8cb3-e21a5ec9a739.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a792402f-4ce8-4511-8cb3-e21a5ec9a739.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Senior KPMG auditor Scott London arrives at Los Angeles Federal Court on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed criminal and civil charges against London, 50, of Agoura Hills, Calif., for conspiracy to commit securities fraud through insider trading. The criminal complaint alleges that London provided confidential information about KPMG clients Herbalife Ltd., Skechers USA Inc., Deckers Outdoor Corp., RSC Holdings and Pacific Capital to Bryan Shaw, a close friend, from late 2010 until last month. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f59d2904-5e10-4d73-b7c5-533b6a34d266.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f59d2904-5e10-4d73-b7c5-533b6a34d266.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated FBI photo provided by the U.S. attorney's office, KPMG partner Scott London, left, allegedly accepts a $5,000 cash bribe from Bryan Shaw earlier this year. Federal prosecutors have charged London with providing Shaw inside information on two California companies, Herbalife Ltd. and Skechers USA Inc. Shaw's face was obscured by the source of the photo. (AP Photo/U.S Attorney's Office)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7cac68db-ffaa-46c7-b6a2-07cb4b469216.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7cac68db-ffaa-46c7-b6a2-07cb4b469216.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Scott London, former KPMG auditor, left, and his attorney, Harland Braun leave Los Angeles Federal Court on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed criminal and civil charges against fired KPMG partner Scott London for conspiracy to commit securities fraud through insider trading. The criminal complaint alleges that London, 50, of Agoura Hills, Calif., provided confidential information about KPMG clients Herbalife Ltd., Skechers USA Inc., Deckers Outdoor Corp., RSC Holdings and Pacific Capital to Bryan Shaw, a close friend, from late 2010 until last month. Prosecutors allege that Shaw made more than $1.2 million in illicit profits by trading in advance of company announcements on earnings results or mergers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32e6b5d7-fee5-47eb-ae7c-a08d46cefe30.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32e6b5d7-fee5-47eb-ae7c-a08d46cefe30.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Senior KPMG auditor Scott London leaves the Los Angeles Federal Court on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed criminal and civil charges against London, 50, of Agoura Hills, Calif., for conspiracy to commit securities fraud through insider trading. The criminal complaint alleges that London provided confidential information about KPMG clients Herbalife Ltd., Skechers USA Inc., Deckers Outdoor Corp., RSC Holdings and Pacific Capital to Bryan Shaw, a close friend, from late 2010 until last month. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-Goldman trader pleads guilty in NY fraud probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former Goldman Sachs trader pleaded guilty to wire fraud Wednesday, admitting that he caused his company to lose $118 million in 2007 when he put $8 billion at risk.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585498-ex-goldman-trader-pleads-guilty-in-ny-fraud-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585498-ex-goldman-trader-pleads-guilty-in-ny-fraud-probe</guid><category>us</category><category>ex</category><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>us-news</category><category>trader</category><category>goldman</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:42:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jailed UBS trader seeks to appeal conviction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Britain's Court of Appeal says a former UBS trader found guilty of a fraud that lost the Swiss bank $2.2 billion is seeking to appeal his conviction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148048-jailed-ubs-trader-seeks-to-appeal-conviction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17148048-jailed-ubs-trader-seeks-to-appeal-conviction</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>ubs</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><category>rogue</category><category>britain-court</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>China rejects status as world's biggest trader</title>
<description><![CDATA[China has a new status its government doesn't want &#8212; world's biggest trader.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe McDonald]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joe McDonald]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17012373-china-rejects-status-as-worlds-biggest-trader</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17012373-china-rejects-status-as-worlds-biggest-trader</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>trader</category><category>reach</category><category>china-reach</category><category>biggest-trader</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:29:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39308a56-97b8-4a3e-bfa8-94a2dd4284bf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39308a56-97b8-4a3e-bfa8-94a2dd4284bf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Thursday, May 3, 2012, workers paste a giant advertisement poster for foreign product on the window of a department store in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province. China's government has taken the unusual step of publicly denying it passed the United States last year as the world's biggest trader - a politically sensitive status. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former trader charged with defrauding bailout fund</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former managing director of an investment bank was arrested Monday on charges he defrauded investment funds the Department of Treasury established in 2009 as part of the federal government's response to the financial crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16741885-former-trader-charged-with-defrauding-bailout-fund</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16741885-former-trader-charged-with-defrauding-bailout-fund</guid><category>us</category><category>fraud</category><category>us-news</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:00:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY trader charged in Conn. with $1B Apple scheme</title>
<description><![CDATA[A trader from New York has been charged in a scheme that involved the unauthorized purchase of about $1 billion of Apple stock that wound up costing his Connecticut-based employer $5 million, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678206-ny-trader-charged-in-conn-with-1b-apple-scheme</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678206-ny-trader-charged-in-conn-with-1b-apple-scheme</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>fraud</category><category>us-news</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 21:36:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli guilty of fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[A rogue trader who lost $2.2 billion in bad deals at Swiss bank UBS was sentenced to 7 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted in what prosecutors called the biggest fraud case in U.K. banking history.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Barr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Barr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15303743-ubs-rogue-trader-kweku-adoboli-guilty-of-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15303743-ubs-rogue-trader-kweku-adoboli-guilty-of-fraud</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>ubs</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><category>rogue</category><category>rogue-trader</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:48:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44a2c765-59e0-44b4-8570-34d03f9c57ef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="362" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44a2c765-59e0-44b4-8570-34d03f9c57ef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kweku Adoboli arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. A former UBS trader accused of losing $2.3 billion in reckless deals is waiting for the verdict, after facing four charges of false accounting and two of fraud.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=551341e0-8b31-4a47-928b-c32067bb0681.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=551341e0-8b31-4a47-928b-c32067bb0681.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE This Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 file photo shows former trader Kweku Adoboli leaving Southwark Crown Court in London for a lunch break from his trial at the court.  A rogue trader who lost $2.2 billion in bad deals at Swiss bank UBS was convicted of fraud on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Ghanaian-born Kweku Adoboli, 32, exceeded his trading limits and failed to hedge trades, allegedly faking records to cover his tracks at the bank's London office. At one point, Adoboli risked running losses of up to $12 billion. The fraud conviction carries a maximum jail term of 10 years. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54222cea-213b-4923-bdea-9d63cb6df1b4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54222cea-213b-4923-bdea-9d63cb6df1b4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE This Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 file photo shows former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli, center, walking to a security van flanked by police officers after appearing at the City of London Magistrates Court in London.  A rogue trader who lost $2.2 billion in bad deals at Swiss bank UBS was convicted of fraud on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Ghanaian-born Kweku Adoboli, 32, exceeded his trading limits and failed to hedge trades, allegedly faking records to cover his tracks at the bank's London office. At one point, Adoboli risked running losses of up to $12 billion. The fraud conviction carries a maximum jail term of 10 years. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CFTC says ex-Goldman trader hid $8.3B position</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government has filed civil fraud charges against a former Goldman Sachs trader for hiding a trade that cost his employer more than $118 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15056124-cftc-says-ex-goldman-trader-hid-83b-position</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15056124-cftc-says-ex-goldman-trader-hid-83b-position</guid><category>us</category><category>ex</category><category>politics</category><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>trader</category><category>goldman</category><category>cftc</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 22:02:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How much is $7 billion? Rogue trader damages eyed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Paris appeals court has ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back (EURO)4.9 billion (about $7 billion) to the bank in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14672884-how-much-is-7-billion-rogue-trader-damages-eyed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14672884-how-much-is-7-billion-rogue-trader-damages-eyed</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>glance</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><category>societe-generale</category><category>jerome-kerviel</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:11:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86f8f476-ffe7-4e41-9a9a-a89c3aa1587c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86f8f476-ffe7-4e41-9a9a-a89c3aa1587c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former trader Jerome Kerviel leaves his lawyer's office in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering euro 4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Prison, $7 billion fine for French rogue trader</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former junior trader for France's second-largest bank who was ordered Wednesday to pay back a staggering (EURO)4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages to his ex-employer is painting himself as the victim of a financial system that runs on greed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elaine Ganley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elaine Ganley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14657561-prison-7-billion-fine-for-french-rogue-trader</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14657561-prison-7-billion-fine-for-french-rogue-trader</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><category>societe-generale</category><category>jerome-kerviel</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:02:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc0d4603-ef16-4330-a8a1-7e58e353aa4e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc0d4603-ef16-4330-a8a1-7e58e353aa4e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June, 4  2012 file photo, French trader Jerome Kerviel arrives at the Paris courthouse. The Paris appeals court on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, ordered Kerviel, a former Societe Generale trader, to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering 4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e33bfe9-145a-4945-af99-b51a0fcc4b80.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e33bfe9-145a-4945-af99-b51a0fcc4b80.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former trader Jerome Kerviel arrives at court, in Paris, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012. The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering euro 4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86f8f476-ffe7-4e41-9a9a-a89c3aa1587c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86f8f476-ffe7-4e41-9a9a-a89c3aa1587c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former trader Jerome Kerviel leaves his lawyer's office in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering euro 4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d56cd938-b9a0-4b18-9a9f-aaf06dca59bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d56cd938-b9a0-4b18-9a9f-aaf06dca59bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;El ex corredor del banco Societe Generale, Jerome Kerviel, llega a una corte en París el miércoles 24 de octubre de 2012. El tribunal lo condenó a tres años de prisión y a pagar una indemnización colosal de unos 7.000 millones de dólares, por un fraude (AP Foto/Francois Mori)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French trader's lawyers ask court for acquittal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for French trader Jerome Kerviel, who is appealing his conviction for covering up billions of dollars in losses, asked a court Thursday to acquit their client and not be duped by the top bank that employed him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolas Vaux-Montagny]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicolas Vaux-Montagny]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/28/12460293-french-traders-lawyers-ask-court-for-acquittal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/28/12460293-french-traders-lawyers-ask-court-for-acquittal</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nigerian whistleblower investigated for alleged corruption</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12243277-nigerian-whistleblower-investigated-for-alleged-corruption</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12243277-nigerian-whistleblower-investigated-for-alleged-corruption</guid><category>fuel</category><category>nigerian</category><category>legislator</category><category>scam</category><category>trader</category><category>subsidy</category><category>bribe</category><category>uncovered</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:17:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>London trader accused of massive loss granted bail</title>
<description><![CDATA[A British court has granted bail to a trader accused of fraud following a $2 billion loss at UBS, Switzerland's largest bank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124245-london-trader-accused-of-massive-loss-granted-bail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124245-london-trader-accused-of-massive-loss-granted-bail</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 14:57:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rogue French trader appeals fraud conviction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A French trader sentenced for covering up tens of billions of dollars in bets and ordered to reimburse his bank for the resulting losses told a court Monday that his bosses were aware of but overlooked his enormous trades.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolas Vaux-Montagny]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicolas Vaux-Montagny]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12043802-rogue-french-trader-appeals-fraud-conviction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12043802-rogue-french-trader-appeals-fraud-conviction</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 08:20:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa25fd21-9019-4b6d-bd69-780dfb8376d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa25fd21-9019-4b6d-bd69-780dfb8376d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;General view of the courtroom where the French trader Jerome Kerviel will appear in Paris  Monday June 4  2012. The former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel who was sentenced Oct. 5, 2010 after losing his company billions will go on appeal trial today in Paris.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf34850e-a564-4f01-b80e-89e6e65ee843.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf34850e-a564-4f01-b80e-89e6e65ee843.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;SocGen lawyer Jean Veil answers questions from journalists at the Paris courthouse, Monday June 4  2012. The former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel who lost his company billions, will go on appeal trial today in Paris.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The best and the worst supermarkets in the US</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/10998166-the-best-and-the-worst-supermarkets-in-the-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/10998166-the-best-and-the-worst-supermarkets-in-the-us</guid><category>wal-mart</category><category>supermarket</category><category>trader</category><category>consumer-reports</category><category>trader-joes</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>joe's</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:35:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/deli.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/deli.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wegmans and Trader Joe's are the nation's favorite supermarket chain while Pathmark and Wal-Mart rank at the bottom in a Consumer Reports survey released Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>JPMorgan sued over typo promising trader $3M salary</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10829443-jpmorgan-sued-over-typo-promising-trader-3m-salary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10829443-jpmorgan-sued-over-typo-promising-trader-3m-salary</guid><category>how</category><category>jpmorgan-chase</category><category>trader</category><category>jpmorgan</category><category>herbert</category><category>kai</category><category>decimal</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>trader-kai-herbert</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:06:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kerviel says he's crushed by French court sentence</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ex-trader Jerome Kerviel, speaking for the first time Wednesday about his tough sentencing in history's biggest rogue trading scandal, insisted he is a scapegoat for his former bank and compared the penalty to getting "hit on the head with a club."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/05/5231661-kerviel-says-hes-crushed-by-french-court-sentence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/05/5231661-kerviel-says-hes-crushed-by-french-court-sentence</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>on</category><category>trial</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><category>societe-generale-sa</category><category>jerome-kerviel</category><category>former-societe-generale-sa</category><category>ex-trader-jerome-kerviel</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:13:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0fa4a7f9-59b9-4d92-a38a-d559200b02cd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0fa4a7f9-59b9-4d92-a38a-d559200b02cd.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerome Kerviel, center, followed by his lawyer Olivier Metzner, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court will hand down a verdict in the case of the former French trader accused of masterminding one of history's biggest trading frauds and costing one of France's largest banks billions in losses. Kerviel, the 33-year-old former index futures trader at Societe Generale SA, risks five years in prison and a euro 375,000 ($513,000) fine on charges related to the claim that he covered up bets worth nearly euro 50 billion, or more than the bank was worth, between late 2007 and early 2008. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/299f2269-c775-4177-acf2-dd7d415c6e7d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/299f2269-c775-4177-acf2-dd7d415c6e7d.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerome Kerviel, center, followed by his lawyer Olivier Metzner, second right, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court will hand down a verdict in the case of the former French trader accused of masterminding one of history's biggest trading frauds and costing one of France's largest banks billions in losses. Kerviel, the 33-year-old former index futures trader at Societe Generale SA, risks five years in prison and a euro 375,000 ($513,000) fine on charges related to the claim that he covered up bets worth nearly euro 50 billion, or more than the bank was worth, between late 2007 and early 2008. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dc06fe93-66cf-4a1a-a479-42f234a752df.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc06fe93-66cf-4a1a-a479-42f234a752df.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ALTERNATE CROP TO PAR101 DATED OCT 5 2010 - Jerome Kerviel, followed by his lawyer Olivier Metzner, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court will hand down a verdict in the case of the former French trader accused of masterminding one of history's biggest trading frauds and costing one of France's largest banks billions in losses. Kerviel, the 33-year-old former index futures trader at Societe Generale SA, risks five years in prison and a euro 375,000 ($513,000) fine on charges related to the claim that he covered up bets worth nearly euro 50 billion, or more than the bank was worth, between late 2007 and early 2008. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/543fb178-d0c7-4b76-881c-0bec0a910414.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/543fb178-d0c7-4b76-881c-0bec0a910414.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerome Kerviel, center, followed by his lawyer Olivier Metzner, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court will hand down a verdict in the case of the former French trader accused of masterminding one of history's biggest trading frauds and costing one of France's largest banks billions in losses. Kerviel, the 33-year-old former index futures trader at Societe Generale SA, risks five years in prison and a euro 375,000 ($513,000) fine on charges related to the claim that he covered up bets worth nearly euro 50 billion, or more than the bank was worth, between late 2007 and early 2008. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2ebabfc9-2bb9-40ac-a140-ff1ab2fafb72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2ebabfc9-2bb9-40ac-a140-ff1ab2fafb72.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerome Kerviel, left, followed by his lawyer Olivier Metzner, right, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court will hand down a verdict in the case of the former French trader accused of masterminding one of history's biggest trading frauds and costing one of France's largest banks billions in losses. Kerviel, the 33-year-old former index futures trader at Societe Generale SA, risks five years in prison and a euro 375,000 ($513,000) fine on charges related to the claim that he covered up bets worth nearly euro 50 billion, or more than the bank was worth, between late 2007 and early 2008. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/830d88a4-96c9-4135-aa5f-709443c6d235.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/830d88a4-96c9-4135-aa5f-709443c6d235.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerome Kerviel's lawyer Olivier Metzner answers questions from reporters after the verdict in the Kerviel case, at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court ordered former Societe Generale SA trader Jerome Kerviel to pay the bank a mind-numbing euro 4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) for his role in one of history's biggest trading frauds and sentenced him to three years in prison. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/121c3e43-120d-4b84-bd63-106c99b573ac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/121c3e43-120d-4b84-bd63-106c99b573ac.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Societe Generale bank lawyer Jean Veil answers questions from reporters after the verdict in the Kerviel case,  at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. A Paris court ordered former Societe Generale SA trader Jerome Kerviel on Tuesday to pay the bank a mind-numbing euro 4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) in damages for his role in one of history's biggest trading frauds and sentenced him to three years in prison. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c71947f-854c-4042-a100-e3418b9180f9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c71947f-854c-4042-a100-e3418b9180f9.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerome Kerviel's lawyer Olivier Metzner answers questions from reporters after the verdict in the Kerviel case, at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. A Paris court ordered former Societe Generale SA trader Jerome Kerviel on Tuesday to pay the bank a mind-numbing euro 4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) in damages for his role in one of history's biggest trading frauds and sentenced him to three years in prison. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kerviel goes on offensive on trial's second day</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former trader accused of nearly toppling France's Societe Generale argued in court Wednesday that he didn't invent the tricks that allowed him to gamble tens of billions of euros (dollars) of the bank's money, insisting that such practices were tolerated by management.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/07/4473536-kerviel-goes-on-offensive-on-trials-second-day</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/07/4473536-kerviel-goes-on-offensive-on-trials-second-day</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>on</category><category>trial</category><category>world-news</category><category>trader</category><category>societe-generale</category><category>on-trial</category><category>jerome-kerviel</category><category>monsieur-kerviel</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:19:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb79fefa-0032-46dd-9589-3c2d04a3fd59.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb79fefa-0032-46dd-9589-3c2d04a3fd59.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 18, 2008 file photo, Jerome Kerviel, accused of causing massive losses at French bank Societe Generale, gestures, as he leaves a Paris prison. Two and a half years after the scandal broke, Kerviel goes on trial in Paris on Tuesday June 8, 2010, accused by Societe Generale SA of risking tens of billions of euros of its money in trades that led to nearly 5 billion (more than $7 billion) in losses once the bank unwound his positions in January 2008. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5a823c84-b055-42e6-9809-b9ff462422ae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a823c84-b055-42e6-9809-b9ff462422ae.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel arrives at the Paris Court House for his trial, Tuesday June 8, 2010. Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/355a9ef3-da90-4d87-b435-52dd604b11f0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/355a9ef3-da90-4d87-b435-52dd604b11f0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, center, arrives with his lawyer Olivier Metzner, left, at the Paris courthouse surrounded by reporters, Tuesday June 8, 2010. Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2aec0e54-f277-46c8-b26a-5eec843826bf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2aec0e54-f277-46c8-b26a-5eec843826bf.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel arrives at the Paris courthouse surrounded by reporters, Tuesday June 8, 2010.  Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f1648ca-db70-47f3-95e9-2400f502357d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="361" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f1648ca-db70-47f3-95e9-2400f502357d.jpg" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, right, arrives with his lawyer Olivier Metzner, left, at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday June 8, 2010. Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ecc4965e-950d-47d6-af1f-df9a79d48d52.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ecc4965e-950d-47d6-af1f-df9a79d48d52.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, right, arrives with his lawyer Olivier Metzner, left, at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday June 8, 2010.  Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/57070576-9a62-4186-b679-bb376881656b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/57070576-9a62-4186-b679-bb376881656b.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel, left, arrives at Paris Court House for his trial, Tuesday June 8, 2010. Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls.(Ap Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1429830c-5713-4b8c-9791-bf97dc88a173.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1429830c-5713-4b8c-9791-bf97dc88a173.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel, center right,  arrives with his lawyer Olivier Metzner, center left,  at Paris Court House for his trial, Tuesday June 8, 2010. Accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls.(Ap Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f76d591a-af8d-4b8d-bb8a-ce82c264c60e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f76d591a-af8d-4b8d-bb8a-ce82c264c60e.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel, right, arrives with his lawyer Olivier Metzner at Paris Court House for his trial, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Rogue trade, Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f614b82-6e1e-4c65-a71d-08883d976edf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f614b82-6e1e-4c65-a71d-08883d976edf.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel arrives at Paris Court House for his trial, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Rogue trade, Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9da6c16d-ff37-4306-895a-14ef5fcb948c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9da6c16d-ff37-4306-895a-14ef5fcb948c.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel, right, and his lawyer Olivier Metzner arrive at Paris Court House for his trial, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Rogue trade, Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9a936743-a594-48e9-bbab-56018a1864bd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9a936743-a594-48e9-bbab-56018a1864bd.jpg" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A police officer shows the way to former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel as he arrives at the Paris Court House for his trial, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel is accused of gambling tens of billions of euros (dollars) of Societe Generale's money in outrageous secret trades that humiliated the French banking powerhouse and exposed a need for tighter risk controls. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Are computers controlling the markets now?</title>
<description><![CDATA[A one-letter difference, perhaps mistakenly entered on a computer or phone keyboard, could have caused the stock market to plummet and panic Thursday, but it also brought renewed attention to the perils of computer-driven trading.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzanne Choney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Suzanne Choney]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/06/4251713-are-computers-controlling-the-markets-now</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/06/4251713-are-computers-controlling-the-markets-now</guid><category>business</category><category>market</category><category>stock</category><category>new-york-stock-exchange</category><category>trading</category><category>trader</category><category>algorithms</category><category>fragmented</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>tech-and-gadgets</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 00:56:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Citi exec's pay package may spark gov't showdown</title>
<description><![CDATA[The hefty 2009 pay package of Andrew J. Hall, leader of Citigroup Inc.'s lucrative Phibro energy trading unit, may spark a showdown between the New York-based bank and government pay czar Kenneth Feinberg.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/25/3067927-citi-execs-pay-package-may-spark-govt-showdown</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/25/3067927-citi-execs-pay-package-may-spark-govt-showdown</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>citigroup</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>citigroup-inc</category><category>trader</category><category>new-york-based</category><category>kenneth-feinberg</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:34:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>French judges question Societe Generale trader</title>
<description><![CDATA[French judges questioned former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel and his former boss Thursday in possibly his last hearing in the yearlong probe into the world's biggest trading loss.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pierre Antoine Souchard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pierre Antoine Souchard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/22/2341656-french-judges-question-societe-generale-trader</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/22/2341656-french-judges-question-societe-generale-trader</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>trader</category><category>societe-generale</category><category>jerome-kerviel</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:24:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb36b3ed-e726-44d6-8a61-9c0a2bc06b6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb36b3ed-e726-44d6-8a61-9c0a2bc06b6c.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 18, 2008 file photo shows Jerome Kerviel, accused of causing massive losses at French bank Societe Generale, waving as he leaves a Paris prison.  Kerviel says he lost his &quot;sense of reality&quot; on the trading desk of bank Societe Generale, gambling with millions as if he were playing a video game. His remarks came in an interview with the popular daily Le Parisien, published Thursday Jan.22, 2009. But Kerviel said in a radio interview afterward that the comments were taken out of context. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French judge files charges against trader</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Paris judge on Thursday filed preliminary charges against a trader suspected of losing more than 600 million euros ($751.5 million) in complex derivative trades at French mutual bank Caisse d'Epargne, a judicial official said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Von Derschau]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Verena Von Derschau]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/30/2056751-french-judge-files-charges-against-trader</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/30/2056751-french-judge-files-charges-against-trader</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>arrested</category><category>trader</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:02:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lead financial services lawmaker defends trading</title>
<description><![CDATA[The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee struck paydirt on a stock option last year after betting that a Chinese advertising company would jump in value.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1900792-lead-financial-services-lawmaker-defends-trading</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1900792-lead-financial-services-lawmaker-defends-trading</guid><category>stock</category><category>politics</category><category>congressman</category><category>trader</category><category>house-financial-services-committee</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:24:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e9098a7c-d1c5-42a2-9df4-33399b3b32fe.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e9098a7c-d1c5-42a2-9df4-33399b3b32fe.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 16, 2005 file photo, Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A survey shows that Bachus received $70,500 in campaign contributions for the current election cycle though midyear from political action committees affiliated with mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. When the government took over the companies and put them under conservator ship to help reverse a housing and credit crisis, they were ordered to cease such political activities. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gas trades backfire for California desert utility</title>
<description><![CDATA[From his office in a strip mall in the Southern California desert, energy trader Bill Rapp bet heavily that Hurricane Katrina would cause natural gas prices to go up and up and up.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elliot Spagat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/17/1674697-gas-trades-backfire-for-california-desert-utility</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/17/1674697-gas-trades-backfire-for-california-desert-utility</guid><category>gas</category><category>hurricane-katrina</category><category>southern-california</category><category>gamble</category><category>us-news</category><category>trader</category><category>bill-rapp</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:13:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c6c10e7c-0549-4103-b09c-22aab9bc0bcc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="372" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c6c10e7c-0549-4103-b09c-22aab9bc0bcc.jpg" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mario Escalera, interim manager for the energy department at the Imperial Irrigation District, opens the door to a facility in a strip mall which was once used for energy trading in El Centro, Calif. Thursday, June 5, 2008.  In 2005 and 2006, Bill Rapp, a former energy trader with the utility, bought $155 million worth of natural gas after Hurricane Katrina struck. It was a bet that gas prices would continue climbing--a bet that proved spectacularly wrong.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/38fe8f85-0cf9-4b0d-a2e3-b0734c7e4cd8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/38fe8f85-0cf9-4b0d-a2e3-b0734c7e4cd8.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Rapp stands near his home in Holtville, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2008.  Rapp, a former energy trader with the Imperial Irrigation District,  bought $155 million worth of natural gas after Hurricane Katrina struck. It was a bet that gas prices would continue climbing--a bet that proved spectacularly wrong.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/05a5a8b6-3e8a-45d4-9b4b-2bcc9bc7f1ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/05a5a8b6-3e8a-45d4-9b4b-2bcc9bc7f1ed.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alfonso Juarez, superintendent of the general of distribution and operations center for the Imperial Irrigation District, sits at a work station in the center, in El Centro, Calif. Thursday, June 5, 2008. The center was used for energy trading in 2005 and 2006. Bill Rapp, a former energy trader with the Imperial Irrigation District,  bought $155 million worth of natural gas after Hurricane Katrina struck. It was a bet that gas prices would continue climbing--a bet that proved spectacularly wrong.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>