Short sales

Carl Icahn’s wealth plunges $10 billion on Hindenburg short-seller report

All told, Icahn's fortune sank by an unprecedented 41% to $14.6 billion, according to the wealth index, dropping him from the world's 58th-richest person to the 119th.

May 3

Biden Administration

Biden SEC pick Gary Gensler confirmed to police Wall Street

Gensler is poised to confront everything from the fallout of the GameStop trading frenzy to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management.

April 14

At the SEC, Gary Gensler will lead a sprawling bureaucracy where most employees have been working from home for more than a year because of the pandemic.