The insider trading isn't the issue. The market runs on it. Mum and Dad investors provide liquidity for the barons to profit...
I am talking about the meetings, I am talking of phone calls and indeed the fact that the posturing took place a long time before the "bid" was announced. Minutes are usually kept of board meeetings....
More than one diary enty has got someone in big trouble.
The money he personally stood to gain was the incentive for doing what he did. An $11billion deal isn't dreamed up overnight.
The conjurers of the modern age wear a collar and tie.
Apart from that the three card trick has been the same throughout history...
