short selling news from FierceFinance

The boom in short selling (short selling news) prior to the financial crisis led to a fairly severe shortage of stock to be loaned, which gave rise to a rough-and-tumble cottage industry on Wall... Read more...

What to make of short selling curbs? Not too long ago, it seemed liked new curbs would be passed this year, a response to the short selling that sparked so much outrage from companies like Morgan... Read more...

Reuters said this about the SEC's meeting on Tuesday about short selling: "Financial professionals, academic experts and the U.S. broker-dealer watchdog agree the Securities and Exchange Commission... Read more...

Most equity mutual funds do not short stocks. But that doesn't mean the big name fund companies aren't making a mint from the surge in short selling by hedge... Read more...

Short selling by hedge funds is in vogue right now, which has made borrowing stock--already something of weird area on Wall Street--harder than ever. One... Read more...

There has been a lot of talk--and probably a government investigation--about whether short sellers powered Bear Stearns out of... Read more...

It's odd that short-selling is so popular all of a sudden. Short interest on the NYSE topped 3 percent of shares in May. That's the highest level since 1931. It's gotten so competitive that just... Read more...

Company News:
> Ex-Citigroup execs' PE firm makes first investment. Article
> CEO of... Read more...

Recall the plight of Fairfax Financial Holdings, which sued a group of hedge funds and research analysts for $5 billion. The allegations were as one would expect: market manipulation to push down... Read more...

There have been some very high-profile battles pitting small companies against well-heeled short sellers lately. The SEC has also taken an interest in naked short selling and we may yet see some... Read more...