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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...
What can pumping iron do for the ticker? The expert panel concluded that the biggest benefit may be the creation of greater lean body mass, which burns calories more efficiently and keeps weight in check. Strength training also improves the efficiency with which the body uses sugar, decreasing the odds of developing diabetes, a major risk factor for heart disease. It also seems to reduce total cholesterol--especially the "bad" LDL cholesterol...
...million Rxs have been filled since its introduction in 1993--has been linked to 70 deaths and more than 200 episodes of irregular heartbeat. Patients are advised to use the drug only as a last resort. And before they do, doctors should perform an electrocardiogram to check for ticker trouble...
Fortunately for him, America during the post-Civil War boom of the 1870s was famished for faster and more reliable ways of doing business. An improvement Edison made in the stock ticker eventually earned him $40,000, a considerable sum at the time. He used this windfall to set up and staff a shop in Newark, N.J., to manufacture these tickers. But other companies began besieging Edison for technical advice, and in 1876 he moved his operation to Menlo Park and created the world's first industrial-research facility, a humming workplace dedicated to improving or creating new products...
...signed on early and are enjoying multimillion-dollar payouts. You hear about Gen Xers turned philanthropists: the woman who signed up out of college and plans to retire at 30; the guy who launched a dog-biscuit business on the side. "We get told not to watch the ticker," says Marcus, a three-year vet who, one imagines, does so anyway...