Re: Who wins, who loses?
Some shareholders bought shares for a higher price than they would have, had they known the full information about the company that the seller was in possession of.
Shorting shares works like this: You borrow shares from a mutual fund, pension fund or similar. You sell those shares on the market. You buy them back at the end of the loan period at hopefully a cheaper price than you sold them for, and you hand them back to the lender.