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Assistant US attorneys have submitted a motion for presiding US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain to give her approval to the $900 million it is seeking to impose on SAC Capital Advisors LP as part of their agreement to settle insider trading charges.

An unnamed source told Bloomberg that the Chinese unit of Las Vegas Sands Corp is seeking to beef up its scrutiny of junket operators as casinos in Macau slowly reduce their dependency on them.

Two activists who represent nine alleged sexually-assaulted students of Harvard University has filed a complaint against their school over their improper handling of sexual assault cases on campus, Bloomberg said.