Forty-seven conspirators, in overlapping networks of insider trading, had already been charged, and twenty-three of them had pleaded guilty.

NEWYORKER: A Dirty Business

The upshot was a huge increase in the number of competitors and of overlapping fibre-optic networks.

ECONOMIST: Booms and busts

Besides revenue growth, he'll likely lay off thousands and shut down overlapping parts of the networks.

FORBES: Grand illusions

The overlapping of contacts and sharing of information by those belonging to the same networks allows the dissemination of information among thousands in a short time.

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