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1. Tribunal dismisses regulator's allegations of abusive short-selling against Cormark; Decision says securities watchdog's accusations against investment bank over cannabis shares were an 'overreach'

Author

Posadzki, Alexandra

Subjects
Company legal issue, Financial services industry, Short selling -- Investigations, Financial services industry -- Investigations, Pharmaceutical industry -- Investigations, Canopy Growth Corp. -- Investigations, Ontario. Securities Commission -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Byline: ALEXANDRA POSADZKI; Staff Ontario's Capital Markets Tribunal has dismissed a case by the province's securities regulator alleging that Cormark Securities Inc. helped facilitate an "abusive" short-selling scheme involving Canopy [...]

Published
2024

2. Adani Scraps Its Share Sale As Stock Dip Costs Billions

Author

Warner, Bernhard

Subjects
Adani Enterprises Ltd. -- Securities, Short selling -- Investigations, Securities fraud -- Investigations, Conglomerate corporations -- Securities, Company legal issue, Company securities, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The cancellation of the offering is a blow to the company and its billionaire owner, Gautam Adani. Adani Enterprises, the flagship of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, called off its [...]

Published
2023

3. OSC accuses Toronto investment bank Cormark Securities of abusive short selling

Author

McArthur, Greg and Milstead, David

Subjects
Ontario. Securities Commission -- Powers and duties, Short selling -- Investigations, Financial services industry -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Financial services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: GREG MCARTHUR, DAVID MILSTEAD Cormark Securities, a Toronto mid-market investment bank, facilitated an allegedly 'illegal and abusive shortselling scheme' where it misrepresented to one client, Canopy Growth Corp., the [...]

Published
2022

4. Can Nikola become the next Tesla?

Subjects
Nikola Corp. -- Evaluation -- Investor relations, Short selling -- Investigations, Securities fraud -- Investigations, Transportation equipment industry -- Evaluation -- Investor relations, Electric vehicles -- Forecasts and trends, Inventors -- Influence, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

ONE WAY to try to emulate Tesla's success is to name your firm after the same person. Nikola, founded in 2014 to make electric and hydrogen-powered lorries, is, like Elon [...]

Published
2020

5. Shareholders should look to lock in Lightspeed gains; OPINION

Author

Milstead, David

Subjects
Short selling -- Investigations, Computer software industry -- Investor relations -- Finance -- Investigations -- Securities, Financial services industry -- Reports, Company legal issue, Company securities, Company financing, Financial services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: DAVID MILSTEAD, Staff Lead A short-seller report may not have produced the 'smoking gun,' as one analyst put it, to crush the stock of Lightspeed Commerce Inc. But the [...]

Published
2021

6. The Week in Business: A $900 Million Mistake

Author

Cowles, Charlotte

Subjects
Robinhood Markets Inc. -- Investigations, Citigroup Inc. -- Customer relations, Walmart Inc. -- Planning, Electronic trading (Securities) -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Discount stores -- Planning, Financial services industry -- Customer relations -- Investigations, Commercial loans -- Investigations, Wages -- Planning, Company legal issue, Company business planning, Financial services industry, Salary, Online securities trading, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Hope you're all staying warm. Here's your quick roundup of business and tech news to know for the week ahead. -- Charlotte Cowles What's Up? (Feb. 14-20) A Costly Mix-up [...]

Published
2021

7. Drama, some humor at GameStop hearing

Author

Menton, Jessica and Behrmann, Savannah

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Financial Services -- Investigations, GameStop Corp. -- Investigations -- Securities, Robinhood Homes Inc. -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Specialty stores -- Investigations -- Securities, Financial services industry -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company securities, Financial services industry, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jessica Menton, and Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY The GameStop saga took center stage Thursday when lawmakers held a congressional hearing to examine what happened during last month's trading frenzy [...]

Published
2021

8. Congress presses Robinhood CEO on company's role in GameStop stock frenzy

Author

Newmyer, Tory, MacMillan, Douglas, and Shaban, Hamza

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Investigations, Robinhood Markets Inc. -- Investigations -- Officials and employees, GameStop Corp. -- Securities -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Specialty stores -- Securities -- Investigations, Financial services industry -- Investigations -- Officials and employees, Chief executive officers -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company securities, Financial services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tory Newmyer, Douglas MacMillan and Hamza Shaban WASHINGTON - Robinhood, the trading app at the center of the retail trading frenzy that rocked the stock market last month, found [...]

Published
2021

9. Wall Street regulators signal tougher approach to industry after GameStop frenzy

Author

Newmyer, Tory and Zapotosky, Matt

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, GameStop Corp. -- Securities -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Specialty stores -- Securities -- Investigations, Wall Street -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Company securities, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tory Newmyer and Matt Zapotosky The Biden administration is sending a clear signal to Wall Street that the industry's Washington cops are back on the beat. Regulators and federal [...]

Published
2021

10. Aphria review of acquisitions at centre of short seller allegations finds price paid was on the high end

Subjects
Marijuana trade -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Corporate directors, Company acquisition/merger, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC NewsCannabis company Aphria Inc. says a review of recent transactions that a short seller cast doubt on has found the company paid a high price for the assets [...]

Published
2019

11. House Financial Services Committee Hears Testimony From Key Players In GameStop Trading Event

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Financial Services -- Powers and duties, GameStop Corp. -- Securities -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Electronic trading (Securities) -- Investigations, Specialty stores -- Investigations -- Securities, Hedge funds -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company securities, Online securities trading, Business, international
Abstract

A number of key players in the short squeeze of the stocks involving GameStop, AMC and KOSS testified at a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing. Witnesses included, among others: [...]

Published
2021

12. Alberta securities watchdog reveals probe against U.S. short-seller after rejecting call for cease-trade order

Author

Lewis, Jeff

Subjects
Alberta. Securities Commission -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Injunctions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Stockbrokers -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JEFF LEWIS; Staff Alberta regulators are investigating American short-seller Marc Cohodes regarding his stake in Badger Daylighting Inc., in the latest escalation of hostilities between the U.S. investor and [...]

Published
2018

13. Wilbur Ross admits to another tardy stock sale

Author

Mufson, Steven

Subjects
Short selling -- Investigations, Secretaries of commerce -- Investments -- Ethical aspects -- Investigations, Conflicts of interest -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company investment, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Steven Mufson Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross last week disclosed a tardy sale of stock he had pledged to divest, saying he had overlooked the shares because they were held [...]

Published
2018

14. A.I.G. cites short selling

Subjects
American International Group Inc. -- Securities, Insurance industry -- Securities, Short selling -- Investigations
Published
2002

15. Naked and Confused

Author

Moyer, Liz

Subjects
United States. Department of Justice -- Investigations, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Short selling -- Analysis, Computer software industry -- Securities, Stocks -- Investments, Stocks -- Prices and rates, Financial services industry -- Investigations, Administrative agencies -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company securities, Company investment, Company pricing policy, Financial services industry, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. -- Investigations, Sedona Corp. -- Securities
Published
2007

17. Nobilis Special Committee Releases Findings of Independent Review

Subjects
Health care industry -- Investigations -- Public relations, Short selling -- Investigations, Health care industry, Company legal issue, Company public relations, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: HOUSTON, TX, Nov 03, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors (the 'Special Committee') of Nobilis Health Corp. (NYSE MKT: HLTH) (TSX: NHC) [...]

Published
2015

18. Anger at Goldman Still Simmers

Author

Morgenson, Gretchen

Subjects
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Investment banks -- Investigations, Chief executive officers -- Investigations, Hedge funds -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Just before the financial crisis began in September 2008, a prominent hedge fund appeared well positioned to take advantage of any turmoil in the markets. That fund, Copper River Partners, [...]

Published
2012

19. Silvercorp CEO vows 'fight to the death' against short sellers

Author

Bouw, Brenda and Kiladze, Tim

Subjects
Short selling -- Investigations, Chief executive officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Metal industry -- Securities -- Officials and employees, Company legal issue, Company securities, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: BRENDA BOUW and TIM KILADZE VANCOUVER and TORONTO -- Silvercorp Metals Inc. is declaring war on anonymous short sellers that have accused it of impropriety, saying they are using [...]

Published
2011

20. Short seller cases tough for regulators

Author

McFarland, Janet, Perkins, Tara, and Ebner, David

Subjects
Sino-Forest Corp. -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Forests and forestry -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JANET McFARLAND, TARA PERKINS and DAVID EBNER THE SINO-FOREST BATTLE TORONTO and VANCOUVER -- A bright light is being shone on a murky area of market regulation. The North [...]

Published
2011

21. A Downside Of Short Sales

Author

Tedeschi, Bob

Subjects
Short selling -- Investigations, Fraud -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

STRUGGLING homeowners have found some refuge in short sales, in which lenders allow borrowers to escape foreclosure by selling a home for less than what is owed on the mortgage. [...]

Published
2010

22. There's some irony hovering over the SEC's hearings this week

Author

Santoli, Mike

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, EMC Corp. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) -- Securities, Netflix Inc. -- Securities, Stock markets -- Forecasts and trends, Short selling -- Investigations, Hedge funds -- Investigations, Computer peripherals industry -- Securities, Stock market, Market trend/market analysis, Company legal issue, Company securities, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

Short selling by hedge funds doesn't seem to be as much of a problem as it was in the past two years, as the shorts have been hurt by the recent rally.

Published
2003

24. SEC probes a well-timed trade

Author

Smith, Randall

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. Lehman Brothers Div. -- Officials and employees, Amazon.com Inc. -- Securities, S.A.C. Capital Advisors L.P. -- Investigations, Investment banks, Securities law -- Investigations, Hedge funds -- Investigations, Insider trading in securities -- Investigations, Booksellers, Short selling -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company securities, Business, Business, general
Published
2003

25. Siccing Spitzer after the short sellers

Author

Knight, Jerry

Subjects
Company business planning, Government regulation, Company legal issue, Hedge funds -- Laws, regulations and rules, Securities fraud -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Short selling -- Laws, regulations and rules
Published
2003

30. Few Answers in Terrorist Insider Trading Investigation; Securities: Agencies continue to search for evidence that some organizations may have profited from attacks

Author

Hamilton, Walter

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Investigations, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Economic aspects, Terrorists -- Investments, Insider trading in securities -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2001

31. SEC examines trading in firms before Sept. 11

Author

Craig, Susanne

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Influence, War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Economic aspects, Options (Finance) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Terrorism -- Influence, Securities fraud -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Business, Business, general
Published
2001

34. French regulator probes short sales

Subjects
France -- Investigations, AXA Group -- Investigations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Economic aspects, Short selling -- Investigations, Insurance industry -- Investigations, Business, Business, general
Published
2001

35. AFTER THE ATTACK; THE INVESTIGATION; Options Exchange Joins Trading Probe; Markets: Inquiry seeks evidence of manipulation by people with advance knowledge of attacks

Author

Levin, Myron and Weinstein, Henry

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. -- Investigations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Economic aspects, Securities industry -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2001

37. Possible involvement in markets by terrorists is probed

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Influence, Short selling -- Investigations, Terrorists -- Finance, Business, Business, general
Published
2001

38. Greenspan says Fed looking at margin buying

Author

Gordon, Marcy

Subjects
United States. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Securities industry -- Investigations, Electronic trading (Securities) -- Investigations
Published
2000

41. Newsletter writer Sturza is told to turn over trading records

Author

Johannes, Laura

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, Organogenesis Inc. -- Investigations -- 00324104, Manipulation (Securities) -- Investigations, Biotechnology industry -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Business, Business, general
Published
1996

42. Organogenesis unusual trades being probed

Author

Johannes, Laura

Subjects
Organogenesis Inc. -- Investigations -- 00324104, Biotechnology industry -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Business, Business, general
Published
1996

43. Performance of Magellan stocks is studied

Author

McGough, Robert

Subjects
Fidelity Magellan Fund -- Management -- 00268880, Grant's Interest Rate Observer (Periodical) -- Reports, Stock funds -- Management, Short selling -- Investigations, Business, Business, general
Published
1995

44. Cel-Sci CEO: investors played 'game' with stock

Author

Lee, Mara and Switzky, Bryant Ruiz

Subjects
CEL-SCI Corp. -- Securities, CEL-SCI Corp. -- Investor relations, CEL-SCI Corp. -- Officials and employees, Biological products industry -- Securities, Biological products industry -- Investor relations, Biological products industry -- Officials and employees, Short selling -- Investigations, Company securities, Company legal issue, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

Cel-Sci Corp. CEO Geert Kersten is asking the company's shareholders to be aware that short sellers are manipulating the price of the stocks and to not be intimidated. Cel-Sci is testing a drug that uses the body's immune system to attack cancerous tumors. Kersten is asking an investigation to the short selling from Capitol Hill.

Published
2008

45. Firm asks AMEX to look into its own stock action

Subjects
Styles on Video Inc. -- Securities, NYSE Amex L.L.C. -- Investigations, Image processing equipment industry -- Securities, Stock-exchange -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Business, Business, general
Published
1994

46. Firm's stock trading halted; ownership is in question

Author

Takahashi, Dean

Subjects
Southland Communications Inc. -- Securities, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Short selling -- Investigations, Telecommunications equipment industry -- Securities
Published
1990

47. Fine signals SEC pursuit of short sale violations

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Investigations, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Sedona Corp. -- Securities, Sedona Corp. -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Computer software industry -- Securities, Computer software industry -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Company securities, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

An enforcement action in which an investment adviser settled Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it directed a series of manipulative short sales of a stock that contributed to the [...]

Published
2003

48. NYSE probes whether short sellers fueled steep decline in Vonage shares

Author

Smith, Randall and Young, Shawn

Subjects
NYSE Group Inc. -- Investigations, Vonage Holdings Corp. -- Investigations, Vonage Holdings Corp. -- Securities, Securities industry -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Telecommunications services industry -- Investigations, Telecommunications services industry -- Securities, Communications industry -- Investigations, Communications industry -- Securities, Securities industry, Telecommunications services industry, Company legal issue, Company securities, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2006

49. Blind luck? 9/11 options, short-sale probes come up short

Author

Arvedlund, Erin E.

Subjects
World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Investigations, War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Investigations, Short selling -- Investigations, Stocks -- Evaluation, International finance -- Investigations, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

Investigations of September 2001 short-selling, and put-option buying, both in the US and Europe, have found no pattern of unexplainable trades. Shares Munch Re and Swiss Re (insurers of the World Trade Center), and airlines UAL and Swissair, were traded unusually but not suspiciously, say authorities.

Published
2002

50. FBI broadens probe: did terrorists leave tracks in options markets?

Author

Arvedlund, Erin E.

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Investigations, United States. Department of the Treasury -- Investigations, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Investigations, Options (Finance) -- Investments, Terrorists -- Investments, Short selling -- Investigations, Airlines -- Securities, Securities industry -- Investigations, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

Short-selling of airline stocks was at abnormally high levels in the days immediately preceding the September 11 hijacking attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Investigators suspect that investors representing the terrorists and having advance knowledge of the hijackings sought to profit from the certain sell-off of airline stocks.

Published
2001

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