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US corporate bosses support temporary shorting bans


The majority of senior managers at mainly US public companies favour temporary prohibitions on short selling, a recent survey has found.

The survey, conducted by US-based Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of NYSE Euronext, has revealed that 75% of senior officials support a temporary ban on shorting when a stock is particularly volatile.

The poll was conducted last Tuesday (October 14) among 438 chief executive officers, chief financial officers and...

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