Sorry, readers, but I will be taking the rest of the afternoon off.
"Two golfers face US charges of insider trading" by Erin Ailworth | Globe Staff July 15, 2014
An insider trading scandal doesn’t do much for your golf game.
Just days after being accused of making thousands of dollars from illegal stock trades, three of the state’s top amateur golfers finished over par in the opening round of the Massachusetts Amateur Championship in Salem Monday, a half-dozen strokes or more behind the leaders.
Meanwhile, two of their alleged accomplices and golfing buddies — who were not playing in the tournament — now face criminal charges, including one that carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence, for allegedly trading on inside information about American Superconductor Corp.....
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Also see: Mickelson Hedged on Putt
Must be the green.
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