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Aug 31, 2000

The chatterboard

Rumours run rampant on financial message boards. The electronic grapevine has its pros and cons

Pssst... Heard the buzz? Pfizer's heartworm medicine is deadly to dogs; Microsoft is about to shut down its Hotmail service; Nokia will give you a free phone if you forward this e-mail.' These are just some of the lies you may find on the chat boards. Sure, the internet has become an indispensable source of information, but it also hosts a deluge of misinformation. Rumors, hoaxes, hype and slander make chat rooms the epicenter of unsubstantiated babble. A quick glance at Yahoo!, Raging Bull,

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