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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.

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  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro speaks during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro speaks during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro speaks during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro speaks during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro speaks during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  13. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  14. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro speaks during a public roundtable meeting at the headquarters of SEC September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was to discuss possible measures to limit the short selling of stocks.
  15. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Inspector General David Kotz testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing regarding Bernard Madoff.

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