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Today one preferred technique of hype artists is ticker spamming. A number of legitimate services like Business Wire and the PR Newswire accept press releases for a fee and channel them onto the Net, automatically sorting them onto stock bulletin boards. This gives spammers a chance to float releases, which just might mention well-known companies in the text alongside the dogs they're hyping. "You go on Yahoo, [ask for] a news story on Microsoft, and you could end up with some manufactured handout touting shares that have no prospects whatsoever," warns Kevin Lichtman, creator of the Stock Detective...
More people are asking such questions these days. It is no longer unusual for a spouse or relative to donate a kidney to a loved one, but the number of Americans who have given a kidney to a friend, a co-worker or even a complete stranger has risen sharply--from...
...models, will sell at upwards of $40,000, a price only Russia's richest can afford. The joint venture already has on its books a big order, however--from the Kremlin. The administration of new acting President Vladimir Putin has bought 130 of the luxury sedans and an unknown number of customized limousines for a reported $7 million. Another key to the deal is the development of a $37.5 million BMW dealership network in Russia, which the company hopes will end the stranglehold that gray-market importers have put on the market. An estimated 120,000 BMWs cruise Russian roads...
...business. "Everyone else was too distracted fixing problems to think about venture capital," Cheah says. There is a shortage of good prospects, however. Cheah and his backers reckon that they discard about 95% of the 300 or so business plans they see in a year. Nonetheless, Cheah predicts, "The number of Asian Internet IPOs in the region and on NASDAQ will at least quadruple over the next year...
...salesman for seven years before joining Airbus Industrie North America in 1985. ("Boeing seemed like a superpower," he says.) After rapidly working his way up through the sales and marketing departments, Leahy was named president of the U.S. subsidiary in 1994. During his American stint, Leahy saw the annual number of Airbus sales to North American carriers rise from 40 to 329. In 1996 he moved to the Toulouse headquarters with his wife and three children and became senior vice president in charge of sales, marketing, contracts and product planning...