Late Friday, the SEC announced that the short-sale ban that it had put in place on Sept. 19 would end at midnight tomorrow night. So imagine my surprise when I checked the list that came out last night to see that it continues to grow. As of last night, there were 981 companies on the [...]

If you needed yet another indicator on just how serious things are right now — beyond the scary story in the WSJ today calling this the worst crisis since the 30s — here’s one: just this week, the SEC has issued three after-hours press releases — one Sunday night, one Monday morning and its latest [...]