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To: SLSUSMA who wrote (11420)	2/3/2000 9:01:00 PM
From: Scott Moore	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13953

Running an online brokerage might be the way to go also. You feed info to analysts that your stock should be worth $62. Allow some insiders that know you are about to issue convertible bonds to short and cover. So what if you get a little slap on the hand fine years down the road. Or your investors get drawn out in a three year class action suit. In the meantime the little guys are chum for the sharks. Or then there is poor Toyko Joe, who the SEC is all over for a little hype and sell. Hypocrisy is the rule of the day with brokers period it seems.

To: SLSUSMA who wrote (11420)	2/4/2000 12:30:00 AM
From: thinkbach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

"So the SEC fines them millions for cheating in billions? Sounds like running a traditional brokerage is the business to be in." Do you really believe that cheating in the billions is the business to be in? Cheating whom? Clients? Do you really believe that a good business to be in is one where you cheat your clients out of billions? Is this really what you are saying or am I just reading too much into your statement? Did I miss the humor? This is definitely a non-tradtitional model of good business, certainly not mainstream by web standards, don't you think? Don't you want happy customers who are rewarded and keep coming back? Anyway, what about karma?