Post independence, in the 1950s, India continued to struggle with feeding its population and the government increasingly restricting trading in food commodities.

Putnam Investments settles a securities fraud lawsuit brought by regulators, agreeing to restrict trading by its employees and improve oversight.

The commodity commission has proposed restricting dual trading in the nation's largest commodity markets as a first step toward a possible banning of the practice.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a proposed rule to restrict dual trading on the nation's largest commodity markets, a first step toward banning the practice.

Two studies that were released this week have attacked the underlying premise of a rule proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would restrict dual trading.

First it prohibits agreements aimed to restrict free trading between business entities and their customers.

Moreover, it is unclear whether it is possible to restrict such disruptive trading and whether those restrictions would cause more problems than they solved.

Others said the agency's approach, although gradual and limited, was an appropriate way to begin restricting dual trading.

Federal regulators are now grappling also with how to restrict trading by thrift units in mortgage-backed securities.

Globalization also applies to the integration of markets and the breaking down of barriers that restrict international trading.