FYI: Ever since a shadowy figure showed up at an inn on the coast of England in 1814 wearing a British officer’s uniform, and informed the locals that Napoleon was dead, there have been hoaxes designed to manipulate the stock market. The only difference in the Internet Age is that the news travels much, much faster. It happened again on Tuesday, with a fake story on a fake website about a fake offer to buy Twitter Inc. sending the social-media company’s real stock up as much as 8% in a matter of minutes.
Regards,
Ted
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/07/14/stock-market-hoaxes-from-napoleon-is-dead-to-twitter-for-sale/tab/print/
