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In a phone interview with Bloomberg, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill revealed plans to conduct hearings later this year to investigate the low number of campus sexual assault cases that are prosecuted.

Should the US Court of Appeals decides to overturn the convictions of Level Global Investors LP co-founder Anthony Chiasson and ex-Diamondback Capital Management LLC portfolio manager Todd Newman, Bloomberg said that the insider trading conviction of SAC Capital Advisors LP fund manager Michael Steinberg might be in danger of getting reversed as well.

Bloomberg reported that several South Korean reports are indicating that the people are angry at how the administration of South Korean President Park Geun Hye have handled the Sewol sinking ferry tragedy.