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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David who wrote (3197)	8/23/1999 12:56:00 AM
From: Michael	Respond to of 10293

My Friend Bill, August 23, 1999 nytimes.com Stock Hucksters Thrive on the Web By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN NEW YORK -- When Uniprime Capital Acceptance Inc., a small automobile dealer with an even smaller stock price, announced early last month that it had acquired a new dealership, its share price hardly budged. Less than two weeks later, Uniprime made a more startling announcement: It had a cure for AIDS. And with that news, transmitted at lightning speed over the Internet, Uniprime's shares more than doubled. Online message boards favored by individual investors were abuzz with happy chatter about the company's prospects, making Uniprime one of the Internet's most talked about stocks. The AIDS cure turned out to be a stock fraud cooked up by a self-described doctor named Alfred Flores, according to a civil complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission last week against Uniprime and Flores in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Last Thursday, federal law enforcement officials raided Uniprime's headquarters in Las Vegas and arrested Flores in connection with his role in the scam, which regulators describe as unusually brazen. Flores' medical credentials now appear to be dubious, and his resume, posted online, omitted an important detail: a criminal conviction years ago for his role in a murder, according to the complaint....... Click on link for rest.. nytimes.com

To: David who wrote (3197)	8/23/1999 1:05:00 AM
From: Blue On Black	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10293

Check my post. I don't post as a long or short although I will admit to being a short by nature. If proper research has been done...it doesn't matter what is said. Pro or Con. If one has to 'beard the lion in the lions den - you should, probably, be hunting tigers'. Bill doesn't piss on a sparkplug for amusement so why should you? To answer the question: A shill has to answer any and all criticism. Real companies let the earnings do the talking. Do they need your help? Seriously? What does that say? Not being combative...not my regular thread. Can you influence anything - over and above - fundamentals? Merely curious, lee