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Business Matters: High frequency trading scrutinized 3 Apr 2014

Thu, 3 Apr 14

High frequency trading is under the spotlight as controversial author Michael Lewis turns his attention to the activities of the automated stock trading systems in his book 'Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt'. We hear from the author himself and also from Wall Street watcher Matthew Philips of Bloomberg Businessweek who is one of the many people taking exception to the way twenty-first century traders are depicted in the book. Microsoft opts to give away its Windows operating system for free . . . To manufacturers of smartphones and tablets at least. Is this the death of Microsoft's successful business model? Will it head off Android users before it's too late? University of Maryland Professor of Economics Peter Morici is in our Washington bureau. He'll be discussing these and other questions, including the new official Kim Jong Un haircut with Jean Lee of the Associated Press who joins us from Seoul.