Kinnucan story in, 230
leaks to, 254, 285
McCarthy criticisms of, 254
ownership of, 95
Rajaratnam trial stories and, 254
Slaine outing by, 285
as soft dollars, 94
and Steinberg arrest, 313
Winans case and, 42, 329
Wall Street (movie), 260
Wang, Wesley, 276, 288
wealth effect, 15
Weill, Sandy, 49
Weinstein, Jack, 160
whale. See Moby-Dick analogy
Wharton School of Business, 114, 126, 127, 180, 186, 255
Whitman Capital, 128, 161–62, 329
Whitman, Doug, 128, 161–63, 176, 292, 329
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 270
Winans, Foster, 42, 327
wires (recording devices), 159
wiretaps
and Bharara as listening to wiretapped conversation, 259
Bharara statement about, 222–23
on cell phones, 163
cooperators and, 164, 182
cost of, 183, 238
court standards for use of, 163
debate about insider trading and, 18
as evidence in trials, 256–61
FBI and, 239
importance of, 173
and insider trading as focus of law enforcement/regulators, 228
Justice Department and, 177, 183
law about, 164, 184–85, 257–58
organized crime/drug cases and, 131, 145, 163, 164, 236, 256
privacy and, 65, 159, 163, 164, 165, 238–43
and proving of insider trading, 65–66
SEC and, 177, 184–85, 242
and suspicions about rats, 207
use in white-collar cases of, 9, 130–31, 159, 163–65, 236
See also specific person
World Financial Center, 121
World Trade Center, 203
WorldCom, 34, 43, 79
Wyeth, 280, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311
Wynn, Steve, 316
Xilinx, 165, 175–76, 182
Yucaipa Companies, 72
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CHARLES GASPARINO is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network and the Fox News Channel, where he reports on major developments in the world of finance and politics. He writes a column for the New York Post, The Daily Beast, and The Huffington Post. He lives in New York City.
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