Reply #37: UK firms protected against short selling: [View All]

[Ghost Dog]

LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The UK Financial Services
Authority said the following stocks would be subject to the
temporary ban on short-selling that came into force at midnight
(2300 GMT) on Thursday Sept 18:
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSWLA990520080919

Admiral Group Plc (ADML.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Alliance & Leicester Plc (ALLL.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Alliance Trust Plc ATST.L
Arbuthnot Banking Group Plc (ARBB.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Aviva Plc (AV.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Barclays Plc (BARC.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Bradford & Bingley Plc (BB.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Brit Insurance Holdings Plc
Chesnara Plc (CSN.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
European Islamic Investment Bank Plc(EIIB.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Friends Provident Plc (FP.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
HBOS Plc (HBOS.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Highway Insurance Group Plc (HWY.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Islamic Bank of Britain Plc (ISLB.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Just Retirement Holdings Plc (JR.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Legal & General Group Plc (LGEN.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Lloyds TSB Group Plc (LLOY.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
London Scottish Bank Plc (LSB.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Novae Group Plc (NVA.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Old Mutual Plc (OML.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Prudential Plc (PRU.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Resolution Plc
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Rsa Insurance Group Plc
St James's Place Plc (SJP.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Standard Chartered Plc SCZ.LZ
Standard Life Plc (SL.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Tawa Plc (TAW.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)

So, by no means all financial institutions. These are the 'great and the good'?; the most embedded?; the most vulnerable? A mixture of all three?