Uber underwriters worried about the IPO deployed unusual ‘naked short’ tactic to support the stock

The technique shares the same name as a practice that was outlawed during the financial crisis of 2008, but is legal and Uber’s prospectus warned it was a possibility.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/uber-underwriters-worried-about-the-ipo-deployed-unusual-naked-short.html