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Greece, South Korea Ban Short-selling of Stock

Posted August 9th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
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As global stock markets have plummeted in the last few days, both Greece and South Korea have banned the short-selling of securities, the attempt by some investors to make money by betting that their holdings will decrease in value. On Monday, Greece ordered a halt in the short selling of stocks, and South Korea did […]

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