Word: tipsters
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Lipscombs' unusual decision has dumbfounded Westerville, Ohio, a homogeneous Columbus suburb. (And a Republican stronghold: on his way to the G.O.P. Convention last month, George W. Bush stopped to read to students at a school here.) After the Lipscombs met with the principal, an anonymous tipster contacted the Franklin County Children Services agency, which swiftly asked a court to remove the minor from the home. A magistrate granted the agency temporary custody, citing "reasonable grounds to believe that the child is suffering from illness...and is not receiving proper care...
Then there's the case of a well-known stock tipster who calls himself "Tokyo Joe" and uses his investment website to post colorful snapshots of himself. The sec says the New York-based entrepreneur, a Korean whose real name is Yun Soo Oh Park, charged members of his investment club up to $200 a month and then pushed them to buy stocks he was simultaneously selling from his own account. Beyond this practice, known as "scalping," the agency also claims Tokyo Joe lied about his trading record and touted companies without disclosing that he had received shares from...