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...trading to generate commissions), overconcentration in particular investments and potential suitability violations like selling high-risk, high-commission stocks to safety-conscious retirees. Brokerages set trigger points according to each customer's attributes, such as age, net worth and level of investing knowledge. In the case of a false alarm (that retiree really did insist on selling all his bonds), no harm is done...
...What does the public hear when authorities issue a warning like this? It?s a bit of a mixed message: Each time there is an increase in "chatter" from intelligence agencies, the alarm is going to spike briefly. In terms of relating to the public, this situation is particularly tough for some agencies, like law enforcement, which have little or no experience dealing with the public in the role of "communicator." Other agencies, like public health organizations, are better at things like that, but at moments like this it's more often law enforcement that breaks the news...
Obviously, it's preferable not to lose your laptop in the first place. If you're a frequent flyer, consider the TrackIT, a $59.99 keychain alarm that sounds if you and your machine are separated by more than 40 ft. (Don't laugh: post-9/11, there are more and more reports of frazzled business travelers leaving their laptops at the X-ray machine.) And since more than 40% of laptop thefts happen at work, it's worth locking yours down during your lunch break. Try the Notebook Guardian from PC Guardian ($59.99). There are two models; be sure...
...Three Kingdoms, Karl Marx's Das Kapital and several treatises on Chinese political philosophy. Instead of a Bible on the bedside table, there is a stack of Little Red Books. Photographs of Mao's various wives and mistresses adorn the coffee table. And, yes, there is even a Mao alarm clock...
...Obviously, it's preferable not to lose your laptop in the first place. If you're a frequent flyer, consider the TrackIT, a $59.99 keychain alarm that sounds if you and your machine are separated by more than 40 ft. (Don't laugh: post-9/11, there are more and more reports of frazzled business travelers leaving their laptops at the X-ray machine.) And since more than 40% of laptop thefts happen at work, it's worth locking yours down during your lunch break. Try the Notebook Guardian from PC Guardian ($59.99). There are two models; be sure...