Hedge fund boss testifies at NY inside trade trial

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NEW YORK (AP) — A San Francisco hedge fund founder, with his mother watching from a court bench, testified Monday that his trades were based on legitimate research rather than inside information.

Douglas Whitman, 54, denied charges that he used inside information to make nearly $1 million since 2006.

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