In a statement, the prosecutor general said Alaa, Gamal and seven others had been referred to the criminal court on charges of violating stock market and central bank rules.

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Inflation is also pumping steroids into the phenomenon of companies buying in their own stock, which is boosting stock market indexes (see Digital Rules ).

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It was no coincidence, in my opinion, that the stock market recovery, led by financials, coincided with the minor changes in mark to market rules in March 2009.

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The exchange is a self-regulating organization, meaning that--headed by its 22 directors--it is charged with ensuring that its 365 member firms and 2, 800 listed companies follow the rules designed to keep the stock market fair and competitive.

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U.S. securities regulators are expected to propose rules aimed at making the modern electronic stock market a little less prone to computer glitches.

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What keeps Ebay from becoming a stock market is government regulation: Most countries like their securities markets to follow rules.

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One problem (there are many, many others) is that all kinds of complicated rules shave off so much of the return in those good stock-market year that the protection in bad years comes at a very stiff price.

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The corporate governance rules that have been proposed by the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market both push for more independent directors on corporate boards and for audit committees composed entirely of outside directors.

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