Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading After Overhearing Wife’s Work Calls
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading After Overhearing Wife’s Work Calls

The man made $1.7 million in profits after buying and selling stocks in a company that his wife’s employer, BP, acquired, prosecutors said.
Unlikely Allies Want to Bar JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, From U.S. Stock Markets
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Unlikely Allies Want to Bar JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, From U.S. Stock Markets

Environmentalists and American meat producers alike are asking regulators to keep JBS, the world’s biggest meatpacker, off the New York Stock Exchange.
A Pre-I.P.O. Gift to Company Executives: ‘11th-Hour Options Discounting’
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A Pre-I.P.O. Gift to Company Executives: ‘11th-Hour Options Discounting’

A new research paper finds that companies price stock options at steep discounts just before going public and take steps to obscure them.