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Source: SEC weighs broad move on short-selling

Thursday September 18, 10:31 pm ET

By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writer
Source: SEC considering taking dramatic move to ban ordinary short-selling of stocks


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid the spiraling market crisis and mounting pressure from lawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering taking the dramatic step of temporarily banning the routine practice of betting against company stocks