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To: Mama Bear who wrote (1174)	5/1/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 3795

There is that comfort....

To: Mama Bear who wrote (1174)	5/1/1999 6:43:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3795

Interesting—from the'Defendant's Misconduct' section, item 15: "…The press release stated further that a number of publicly traded companies, including A. T. & T. and Microsoft Corp., were "early adoptees" of the NGI. It is not presently known how the information in the press release influenced trading on those companies." Taking a stand on ticker-spamming is a good thing—something we've been discussing for months on "Double Zero" (we call it 'leeching'): #reply-7875661 (and related replies). Well wait a sec—what's BW's public position on 'leeching', again?: #reply-9168923