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2 Firms Claim Conspiracy in Analyst Reports: Short-Sellers and Researchers Colluded, the Companies Say

Date: April 26, 2006

Author: Brooke A. Masters

QUOTE: wo lawsuits and a couple of Securities and Exchange Commission investigations into whether there is an improper link between negative reports issued by Gradient Analytics, a Scottsdale, Ariz., research firm, and short-selling investors who have bet that Biovail and Overstock share prices will go down.

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Key People:

• Patrick M. Byrne Ph.D.
• David Rocker

Key Organizations:

• Banc of America Securities
• Biovail Corporation
• Gradient Analytics
• Overstock.com.
• Rocker Partners
• SAC Capital Advisors
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating
      • Hide/Mislead
        • Disclosure/Conflicts of Interest
          • Disclosure/Conflict of Interest (Individual)
            • Confidential/Privileged
          • Disclosure/Conflict of Interest (Organizational)

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Industry-Specific Issues
    • Securities (Wall Street)
      • Securities Fraud

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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