Feds: 14 charged in insider trading case

Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has snared one of America's richest men and shown white collar suspects to be using the cover-up tactics of drug dealers.

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Fugitive commodities trader charged in $312M fraud

A fugitive businessman was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday with swindling hundreds of investors out of $312 million with bogus claims about profits he made in the commodities futures trading markets.

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New 'best practices' urged for giant hedge funds

Managers of hedge funds would have to improve the operating procedures of the giant pools of capital in such areas as transparency and risk management under new proposals offered Tuesday.

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami said the recent insider-trading cases among hedge funds including Galleon Group reflect "systemic behavior" in the industry.

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Burn, Baby, Burn !!! Could it be that one response to the Chinese shot across the bow of the corrupted and leaky USS Derivative ship at sea is the announcement that Barrick Gold to cover their entire hedge book… again? Maybe! They covered them all in 2007, didn't they? They s …

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"No name is more ubiquitous in the pantheon of global finance than that of Goldman Sachs.

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A homeowner concerned that his garden was becoming a jungle - has transformed it into a herd of elephants. Green-fingered Gavin Hogg fell in love with the wildlife during a safari in Kenya.

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There's Money to be Made Right Now Trading the Forex Because of the Market's Wild Swings. Below are 6 Products That Could Help You Cash in.Below we've reviewed a handful of products that offer value to people wanting to make money with forex investing.

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These days it seems like airlines get smacked down even when they do something right. Case in point: this week United Airlines announced that it was taking a $225 million charge thanks to the recent drop in oil prices. Say what?

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As United States airlines reel from soaring oil prices and a sinking domestic economy, most of their European rivals appear better placed to ride out the storm.

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Gold's much-heralded climb above $1,000 an ounce was pretty short-lived. Gold's long-term ascent won't be.

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Universities Gambling with Student's Money

I read an article recently in The Miami Student about how Miami is "becoming increasingly involved in investing excess money from taxes, tuitions and other sources into hedge funds." The article says that sometimes the investment pays off and universities can double their investm …

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Futures Markets – The Ultimate in Creative Destruction

Carbon trading in its current form becomes a huge concern when we contemplate the implications of trading in 'futures'.

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George R.R. Martin's Hedge Knight II has come to the pages of Marvel Comics. In honor of this event, comic book stores are declaring June 20th Westeros Wednesday. Get ready, folks.

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Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword #1 is coming to once again thrill readers. The comic book adaptation of George R.R. Martin's epic story is chock full of drama, dragons and swords. Check it out right here.

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The Rise and fall of UBS's top trader.

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This is a video lecture by Catherine Austin Fitts, an honest, outspoken advocate for economic reform and government accountability. Her site is a readable collection of documented cases of federal crime operations and billions of dollars of documented, taxpayer fraud.

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