short seller
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Shares of 2CRSi, which designs and manufactures computer servers for data centers, tumbled 43% on Thursday after accusations from a New York-based short seller.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026
French technology group 2CRSi’s stock tumbled more than 40% after accusations from a New York–based short seller — panicking retail investors in France, who sold other unrelated companies in the space.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
A series of reports by short seller Iceberg Research went so far as to call its quantum effort and Arizona chip foundry a “smoke screen”—allegations Quantum Computing has yet to address publicly.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Former short seller Joe O’Donnell makes software for analysts that can perform tasks in hours that used to take him weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Short selling does become a wrong when and to the extent that the methods and intent of the short seller are wrong.
From The New York Stock Exchange and Public Opinion Remarks at Annual Dinner, Association of Stock Exchange Brokers, Held at the Astor Hotel, New York, January 24, 1917 by Kahn, Otto Hermann
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