Last week, the U.S. SEC announced that it was extending the date for compliance with its new short sale rule. The change in date is intended to provide more time for exchanges to modify their procedures and market participants to program and test systems for implementation. The new rule, which will restrict the prices at which a stock can be sold short if the stock's price 10% or more in one day, will now take effect on February 28, 2011.
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