My boker bank gave this information before opening the site this morning
30 Jul 2008 at 12:40:35 (GMT)
Part 2 of 2
Due to the SEC Emergency order, the following instruments will remain “Non Shortable”.
Bank of America (BAC:xnys), Citigroup Inc. (C:xnys), Credit Suisse (CS:xnys), Allianz SE (AZ:xnys), Goldman Sachs (GS:xnys), JPMorgan(JPM:xnys), Lehman(LEH:xnys), Merrill Lynch (MER:xnys), Morgan Stanley (MS:xnys)
Please contact your account manager with questions regarding the SCE order.
Broadcast
30 Jul 2008 at 12:40:07 (GMT)
Part 1 of 2
On July 15, the SEC issued an emergency order, that were created to protect investors against “naked” short selling of a specified list of 19 US traded financials. The order were to be effective from July 21 to July 29. The SEC emergency order, has been extended though August 12, but the SEC said once the order expires on August 12, it "will not be further extended."