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To: ztect who wrote (790)	2/22/1999 3:57:00 PM
From: ztect	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1541

Stemming the Tide of Touts on Stock Message Boards Message 7959603 "...The Securities and Exchange Commission has defined such touting as lying about companies, lying about one's independence from a company or failing to adequately disclose the nature, source and amount of compensation one receives from a company...." "....someone using the name G_Gekko_1999 logged on, inquiring whether anyone had heard that Barron's, the financial weekly, was predicting that the stock would hit $225 a share....." "...But distinguishing between manipulation and the innocuous musings of an enthusiastic investor can be difficult. Though rules vary from board to board, few messages are ever removed...." "...Schwartz said his own postings have not kept rumors off the board. A few days after asking whether the stock would jump, G_Gekko_1999 was back on, asking whether the company was really teaming up with a major Internet service provider -- another false rumor."I'm going to continue to post, but I haven't seen any real effect," Schwartz said....." INTERESTING THAT THE NYTIMES ARTICLE WAS EVEN MORE ABOUT HYPSTERS THAN IT WAS ABOUT BASHERS....