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'Hey you're not a lawmaker you can't do that!'
In America there's no law that says House/Senate members CANNOT use insider trading information. How much bullshit is that‽
It's literally the worst thing you can do in a democracy. Allow your representatives manipulate/be manipulated by the stock market
More specifically, they are EXEMPTED from insider trading laws that apply to all other citizens. That is hypocrisy at its finest. Just like how they vote on whether to give themselves raises.
Sucks that she did the right thing and self-reported the situation to her supervisor after finding out about it from her husband and was still fired.
HR exists to protect the business, not the employee
Agreed. Might as well deny, deny, deny.
She could've done literally nothing and nobody would've cared. This happens everyday all over the world.
"secretly eavesdropping" Good story.
Thanks for taking the fall, honey!
I mean, she reported him and then divorced him, so it doesn't sound like she was on board.
Could be trying to separate assets? Though I'm pretty sure wherever the assets were at the time of the crime is what matters, some people be stupid.
And only after they found out people were getting investigated
You would presume that the partner of a BP exec would have sufficient household income. Apparently not..
"Honey, our third yacht ain't gonna pay for itself!"
If you steal bp's stockholders wouldn't that make you an environmentalist and model citizen?
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
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