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Federal Judge Bars Instant Publishing of Analysts' Stock Tips

Posted by timothy on from the you-can't-say-that-just-yet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Big Banking firms Barclay's Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch successfully obtained an injunction against theflyonthewall.com, Inc., preventing them from immediately publishing the firms' stock upgrades and downgrades. This case could have far-reaching consequences concerning internet communication and publication of news." Here's some interesting analysis from Paul Levy, via Dave Farber's Interesting People list.

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  1. Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have nothing to say on this

  2. Re:Analysists?? by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it too much to ask to spell-check your stuff, /.??

    Of late, I've been thinking Slashdot should remove the 'Submit' button and only have a 'Preview' button - 'Submit' would only be available on the preview page. That way, you'd be forced to preview your post before you could submit it. Slashdot could even delay presenting the 'Submit' button for 15 or 30 seconds, which might force people to read their posts before submitting them. Of course this might delay the much-coveted "frist post!!" opportunities, but c'est la vie.

  3. No, please help *me* out here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like a typical Linux user, I have long since given up any hope of any caucasian girl allowing me to do sex to her, and have begun dating Asian girls. Today I took one to my local mall, showed her some badass capacitors that were on sale at Maplins, told her all about the shortcomings of Linux's current scheduler, bought her almost $100 worth of Hello Kitty gear...yet...she did not allow me to do sex to her.

    Why the hell not? What am I doing wrong? I am literally surrounded by geeks with asian girlfriends - it's what we do. Yet clearly I am making some kind of mistake. Do you, my fellow geeks, have any advice?

    1. Re:No, please help *me* out here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Don't worry, you are doing everything right. The problem is Asian girls with geek boyfriend don't actually have sex with them. If any of your geeky friends have implied that it's happening they are lying. Don't feel bad though, having a girlfriend will allow you to have some respect among your peers which is really the whole point of having a girlfriend, right?

  4. Re:hur hur by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LINUX FOREVAR!!! MICRO$O£T IS FOR THE GAYS! APPL£ IS FOR PEOPLE WITH NICE CLOTHES AND GIRLFRIENDS!