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Billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam had vowed to fight the insider trading charges against him with the same vigor he used to amass his fortune. And now his army of seasoned lawyers is swinging back hard against allegations that the founder of the Galleon Group engaged in insider trading...

Recent revelations about alleged insider trading at hedge funds make me wonder if the average investor has a fair shot at investing in stocks. The most recent story pertains to a $15 billion hedge fund that closed back in May. And last month, the $3.7 billion Galleon hedge fund was shuttered...

Some cancers are particularly nasty because they spread so quickly through the body. The same can be said for the way insider trading can spread its black wings throughout the financial system. This comes to mind as one contemplates the latest revelations about Galleon Group, the formerly $3.7...

Remember Galleon Group? It used to be a $3.7 billion hedge fund before its manager, Raj Rajaratnam, was accused of using inside information to trade stocks (he's now out on $100 million bail). One of the alleged inside trades was a bet on a spike in the stock of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)...

Galleon Holdings, the $3.7 billion hedge fund run by accused insider-trader Raj Rajaratnam (pictured), who is now free on $100 million bail, is shutting down. The big reason is that many of its investors -- college endowments such as Colgate University and state pension funds including the Virginia...

The case for legalizing insider trading. ____________________ The Halloween Stock Index. Will it outperform? ____________________ Ten more people might be charged for insider trading over the next week. ____________________

On Friday, FBI agents arrested Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group Hedge fund, at his Manhattan home. Charged with running an insider trading scheme, he was hit with what may be the biggest bail bond in U.S. history: $100 million. By comparison, Bernie Madoff and Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski...

When the market sold off sharply ahead of Wednesday's lousy reading of regional economic activity, rumors circulated on the Street that the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index data had been leaked. Indeed it was. But not in any nefarious way. It just so happens that some folks have access to the...

What lessons on investing can we learn from .400 baseball slugger Ted Williams? ____________________________________________________ The ratio of insiders selling to insiders buying hits an all-time high. What does it mean? ____________________________________________________ Guess which stock is...