Insider Trading

Stock Investing – Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Bear Stearns Swept up in latest INSIDER TRADING Scandal
Insider stock trading at UBS, Bear Stearns, Bank of America, Mongan Stanley and its consequences...

The Hypocrisy of Insider Trading Laws
Insider trading laws seem hypocritical to me because they outlaw only one kind of unfairness in a world where life itself is unfair.

Stewart Does a U-turn and Pays Her Fine
Martha Stewart, the American lifestyle guru, is to pay the maximum possible fine of $195,000 (£102,000) to settle with the US financial watchdog over an insider trading scandal that landed her in a West Virginia prison for five months in 2004.

Bank of Japan Chief Apologises for Questionable Investment
The governor of the Bank of Japan apologised today for damaging public trust in the country's central bank, a week after revealing that he had invested in a fund whose founder was arrested this month on suspicion of insider trading.

Insider Trade Exclusive – President of Ensign Energy Services Cashes in On $4.5 million in Stock Options
Just after releasing year-end financial results, the President of Ensign Energy Services, Selby Porter, exercised and then sold 136,000 stock option for a reported profit of $4.5 million dollars.

Insider Trade Exclusive – VP Production of Harvest Energy Trust Unloads $4,000,000 Worth of Trust Units
Just after releasing year-end financial results, the Vice President of Production, Al Ralston, sold approximately nearly all of his trust units of Harvest for a reported $4,000,000.

Ex-Deutsche Boss Faces Insider Trade Claim
German prosecutors are investigating insider trading allegations against Hilmar Kopper, chairman of the supervisory board at cars group DaimlerChrysler, it emerged yesterday.

Former Richest Man in World Arrested
The Japanese property tycoon Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, once the richest man in the world, has been arrested on suspicion of approving falsified financial statements and insider trading.

Ex-Enron Boss Charged With Fraud
Jeff Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, has been charged with 42 counts of fraud, insider trading and giving false statements to auditors in a federal indictment released today. The indictment also includes new charges against former Enron chief accounting officer, Rick Causey...

Russian Synergies - YukosSibneft
The YukosSibneft merger is in the worst of Russian traditions: self-dealing, self-serving and murky. This offspring of political meddling, egregious profit taking, insider trading, backstabbing and xenophobia it is unlikely to produce another Shell or BP. It is the venomous fruit of a poisoned tree.

AOL chiefs accused of insider deals
AOL Time Warner executives including chief executive Richard Parsons and vice-chairman Ted Turner have been accused of insider trading in a lawsuit filed by disgruntled investors.

Imclone chief admits corruption - finally
The former chief executive of drugs firm ImClone Systems yesterday pleaded guilty to insider trading charges, allowing US prosecutors to notch up another victory in their war on Wall Street corruption.

Martha Stewart: Goose Still Cooking
America's domestic goddess has so far escaped charges of insider trading but her share price has already been cut in half, writes David Teather.

How to Spot a Loser
I wasn't sorry to see that Martha Stewart, America's most famous hostess, and a woman who makes Nigella Lawson sound like a barmaid in EastEnders, is in trouble for possible insider trading.

Martha's fall from grace
She's Delia Smith, Alan Titchmarsh, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Dr Spock - all rolled into one. But now Martha Stewart is being investigated for alleged insider trading. Matthew Engel on what went wrong for the millionaire goddess of the American household.

FBI Investigates Army Secretary's Enron Dealings
The US government was dragged back into the Enron scandal yesterday with reports that federal investigators are studying possible insider trading by army secretary Thomas White.