re shorts that is appearing on the Investorline trading page;
Sounds like Canada can be tough on this issue:
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Important - Temporary Ban on Short Selling of Financial StocksThe SEC has announced that they have temporarily prohibiting any person from effecting a short sale in the publicly traded securities of certain financial entities. According to the Emergency Order, "all persons are prohibited from short selling any publicly traded securities" of certain financial firms. The list of affected firms can be found at
http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2008/... .
September 19, 2008 - Delayed Trade Fill Reports
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