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Cashing In on Acts of Horror?(Brief Article)

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Did terrorists cash in on the atrocities of Sept. 11? Securities regulators in Europe and the United States are investigating reports of unusual stock trading prior to that date, specifically in the airline and insurance industries, likely to be most hurt by the attacks on America. They're primarily investigating a practice known as short selling, in which an investor borrows shares and sells them to someone else, expecting to buy them back later at a lower ...

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