Stock market trading on Saturdays? Nah, it's a stupid idea!
Fp Editors • 13 years agoAccording to one media report, the stock exchanges are considering introducing a regular trading session (but with fewer hours) on Saturdays.
Rajat Gupta threw away his duties by sharing info: prosecution
Fp Archives • 13 years agoBy sharing confidential information with his close friend, Rajat Gupta "threw away his duties, and broke the law," Assistant US Attorney told jurors in opening statements at Gupta's highly anticipated insider trading trial.
Google commits to $1 billion in long-term office leases
Fp Archives • 11 years agoBill Gates has reportedly invested in a scientific social network
Nishtha • 12 years agoGuess who else is jumping onto the social networking bandwagon? Bill Gates has reportedly invested in a Berlin based company building a social networking website for the scientific community.
Sprint, SoftBank agree to U.S. national security deal
Fptechno • 12 years agoSprint Nextel Corp and Japan's SoftBank Corp said on Wednesday they had reached a national security agreement with U.S. authorities, overcoming a major hurdle for the Japanese company's $20.1 billion bid to control the wireless carrier...
Nasdaq ups ante in Facebook reimbursement plan
Fptechno • 13 years agoThe Nasdaq stock exchange is chipping in more money to reimburse investment firms that lost money when online social network Facebook went ...
Insider trading case: Gupta loses wiretap ruling, wins on SEC notes
Fp Archives • 13 years agoA former global head of the McKinsey & Co consulting firm, Gupta is the most prominent corporate executive charged in the US government's sweeping investigation of illicit trading on Wall Street. His criminal trial is set for 21 May.
Afghan shooting suspect did not pay defrauded elderly client
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe US soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan left for war without paying a $1.5 million judgment for defrauding an elderly client in a stock scheme, and remains shielded from the obligation as long as he remains in the military, legal experts said.
Goldman Chairman may be questioned in Rajat Gupta case
Fp Archives • 13 years agoAlso to be questioned under oath by lawyers of the SEC and Gupta is Greg Ormond of Exemplar Wealth.
Goldman executives face depositions in Rajat Gupta case
Fp Archives • 13 years agoAt least two Goldman Sachs Group Inc executives face potential interviews under oath in the top US market regulator's civil insider trading case against a former director of the firm, Rajat Gupta, a court heard on Friday.