News tagged with insider trading

Anonymous, WikiLeaks team up

Anonymous defended WikiLeaks when it was facing a funding cutoff, but the release of the Stratfor emails appears to be the first direct collaboration between the hackers and the anti-secrecy site.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards

(AP) -- Hackers broke into a Nasdaq service that handles confidential communications for some 300 corporations, the company said Saturday - the latest vulnerability exposed in the computer systems Wall Street ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Former Yahoo! executive charged with insider trading

US regulators announced that a former Yahoo! executive has agreed to plead guilty in an insider trading scheme that involved leaking word of the Internet search giant's pact with Microsoft.

Technology / Business

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Megaupload founder joked about his 'hacker' past

(AP) -- Two years ago, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom joked in emails with his new neighbors in New Zealand about his bad-boy reputation before telling them his criminal past was behind him and he was coming ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM succession chatter heats up near anniversary

(AP) -- As IBM turns 100 this year, the anniversary coincides with another milestone: CEO Sam Palmisano is turning 60, the typical age at which an IBM CEO retires. ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds insiders profit as companies falter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Insiders have reaped substantial profits from increased trading of a faltering company’s stock when the firm is renegotiating its debt, according to a study by researchers at the University of Otago ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insider trading case focuses on Apple's secrets

(AP) -- Federal prosecutors in Manhattan broadened their insider trading crackdown Thursday, arresting four people on charges alleging that so-called "expert consultants" revealed secrets about Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tech exec pleads guilty to insider trading

A technology company executive pleaded guilty to providing confidential information on Apple and other companies, as part of a massive insider-trading probe.

Technology / Business

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Artificial Intelligence to tackle rogue traders

As the Credit Crunch continues to affect the worldwide markets the need for efficient methods to combat financial fraud has become more important than ever. Now researchers at the University of Sunderland are working on ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1