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Regulators should take a harder look at Robinhood

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After the tragic death of a customer, the investment platform made significant changes. More may need to be done

The tragic death of Alex Kearns, a Robinhood Financial Inc. customer, who took his life last week after believing he lost some $730,000, is already changing how sophisticated trading strategies are offered online.

Robinhood promised to retool the process customers go through to access options tra

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