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Authorities scan healthcare deals: report

Trading activity around a number of healthcare deals is being examined by the U.S. authorities as part of investigations into suspected insider trading by certain hedge fund players, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

FBI cracks down on insider trading, raids hedge funds in three states

Law enforcement officials carry boxes marked "Evidence" out of the building housing Loch Capital Management in Boston, Massachusetts November 22, 2010
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stormed into offices of three large hedge funds in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts and seized documents in a string of raids that is being billed as a crackdown on insider trading by hedge funds, mutual funds and investment bankers.
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Ex-hedge fund manager charged with insider trading

A former hedge fund manager has been accused by a U.S. regulator of illegal insider trading in MedImmune Inc securities prior to the acquisition of the pharmaceutical company by Britain's AstraZeneca Plc.
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Ex-IBM exec in Galleon case repentant: report

Former IBM Corp executive Robert Moffat, who admitted to charges of insider trading in the Galleon hedge fund probe, told Fortune magazine that his affair with co-defendant Danielle Chiesi was more about business than sex.
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SEC pays $755,000 to settle with fired staffer

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday agreed to pay $755,000 to a former staff attorney who was fired while he was probing possible insider trading at a prominent hedge fund.
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Two charged with Disney insider trading plot

A Walt Disney Co employee and her boyfriend have been charged with a brazen insider trading scheme in which they said the media conglomerate was in advanced talks to sell its ABC TV network.
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FBI arrests two on Disney insider trading charges

A Walt Disney Co employee and her boyfriend have been charged with an insider trading scheme in which they said Disney was in advanced talks to sell its ABC network -- a claim that Disney said was false.
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Disney says ABC sale claim by insider trader false

A Walt Disney Co employee and her boyfriend have been charged with trying to sell insider information to over 30 hedge funds, including a tip Disney was in advanced talks to sell its struggling ABC television network -- which Disney said was false.
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Insider charges in Disney case raise ABC sale hopes

A Walt Disney Co employee and her boyfriend have been charged with trying to sell insider information to over 30 hedge funds, including a tip that the media and consumer giant was in advanced talks to sell its struggling ABC TV network.
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Goldman subpoenaed in closely watched fund case

Lawyers for Goldman Sachs Group Inc have been served a subpoena to testify or provide information in a closely watched case of illegal insider trading allegations, according to a court document made public on Monday.
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Goldman supboenaed in closely watched fund case

Lawyers for Goldman Sachs Group Inc have been served a subpoena to testify or provide information in a closely watched case of illegal insider trading allegations, according to a court document made public on Monday.
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Stock futures rise as Greece moves on aid deal

U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as Greece asked the European Union and International Monetary Fund to trigger an aid package in what could be the largest state bailout ever attempted.
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Goldman Sachs director in Galleon probe: report

Prosecutors are examining whether Goldman Sachs Group director Rajat Gupta gave inside information about the Wall Street bank to Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing people close to the situation.
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Special Report: Sweethearts in crime

Jeffery Stone and his wife Janette Diller Stone, one-time operators of a now-defunct New York investment firm called Crescent Fund, are not on any government most wanted list. And they aren't exactly hiding, either. But the former Greenwich, Connecticut, residents owe U.S. regulators nearly a half-million dollars in fines and restitution for their part in a five-year-old penny stock manipulation ...
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Feds oppose separate trials in insider trading case

U.S. prosecutors on Friday opposed a request by accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant for separate trials in what prosecutors have described as the biggest hedge fund insider-trading case ever in the United States.
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Ukrainian hacker liable in SEC insider trading case

A Ukrainian national who traded on insider information he obtained by hacking into a secure computer network was ordered by a U.S. judge to forfeit $580,000 in profits, interest and civil penalties, U.S. securities regulators said on Monday.
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Ex-IBM exec latest to plead guilty in Galleon case

Robert Moffat, a former senior executive of International Business Machines Corp whose phone conversations were recorded by the FBI in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading probe, pleaded guilty on Monday to securities fraud and conspiracy charges.
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Prosecutors presses for Rajaratnam criminal trial first

Prosecutors argued on Tuesday that Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, indicted on fraud charges in a sprawling insider trading probe, would have an unfair advantage if a civil trial by market regulators went ahead before a criminal trial.
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U.S. presses for Rajaratnam criminal trial first

U.S. prosecutors argued on Tuesday that Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, indicted on fraud charges in a sprawling insider trading probe, would have an unfair advantage if a civil trial by market regulators went ahead before a criminal trial.

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