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Manipulating the markets, right from the online chat room

Molly Wood Jan 17, 2014
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Manipulating the markets, right from the online chat room

Molly Wood Jan 17, 2014
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Today, we kick off a series on Wall Street technology. We start with something pretty low-tech: chat rooms.

Banks and traders are now under investigation, accused of meeting in chat rooms to hatch schemes to manipulate markets.

Robert Friedman, Editor-at-Large at Bloomberg News, joins Marketplace’s Mark Garrison to discuss. 

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