Robinhood and other online brokerages sharply restricted trading in GameStop, BlackBerry, AMC and other stocks that have been part of a stock-market frenzy in recent days. In a blog post , Robinhood said that in light of recent market volatility, it was limiting trades to position closing. The decision sparked fury among some investors, and prompted several lawmakers to call for an...
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