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To: Bill J. Duke who wrote (11413)2/3/2000 4:57:00 PM
From: Curtis E. Bemis  Read Replies (1) of 13953
 
Here you go--

cbs.marketwatch.com

Online brokerage ads under scrutiny

Last Update: 8:52 PM ET Jan 31, 2000 NewsWatch

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remember the TV ad with the tow-truck driver who traded stocks online with a big brokerage firm and made enough money to buy his own island?

The Federal Trade Commission is reviewing a complaint by a traditional brokers' group that advertising by Internet brokerages lures investors with unrealistic promises of quick riches and unfairly attacks full-service rivals.
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