R. Foster Winans’ trial is scheduled to begin today.
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The former Wall Street Journal reporter, his roommate and a former stockbroker will go on trial in New York in a case that asks whether turning stock profits through inside knowledge of a newspaper column before publication constitutes illegal fraud. Winans, roommate David Carpenter and former stockbroker Kenneth P. Felis are charged with conspiracy, securities fraud and mail and wire fraud.
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