[FPSPACE] No more bashing of MirCorp, please

[Dwayne Allen Day]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 dconst+@pyrrhus.cimds.ri.cmu.edu wrote:

> Any negative (or positive) non-founded information spread via
> Internet or otherwise against company, public or going public,
> artificially affecting the company stock performance, may be
> considered as "Stock Hoax" - which is a crime.

You really don't understand the issues here.  The stock market _depends_
upon open speculation on the earning potential of companies.  What do you
think the Wall Street Journal does?

(The term you are looking for is actually "stock fraud" and is an entirely
different thing.)



DDAY