http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/08/beyond-short-selling-look-sec-reform/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway040809a.mp3 Beyond short-selling: A look at SEC reform http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/08/beyond-short-selling-look-sec-reform/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/stock-traders-in-s-and-p.jpg true 5886 segment Today the Securities and Exchange Commission will unveil several proposals aimed at restricting short-selling—a technique used by investors to profit from falling stock prices by selling at one price and then buying back at a lower price. While it has thus far been legal, it is widely consider http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/stock-traders-in-s-and-p_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/stock-traders-in-s-and-p_26_square.jpg