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"Beat the Street" Stock Game Returns to TheStreet.com.


Marks First Network-Wide Programming Initiative Across Expanded Portfolio of Sites

New & Improved Game Created By Promotions.com

NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- TheStreet.com, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: TSCM TSCM technical surveillance countermeasures (US DoD)
TSCM Tactical Strike Coordination Manager
TSCM Tactical Strike Coordination Module
TSCM Temperature Scram Circuit Monitor
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), a leading financial media company, today announced the return of "Beat the Street," a fantasy stock picking game designed to appeal to novice stock enthusiasts looking to be challenged by a superior 12-week gaming experience that is both educational and entertaining. The game kicks off tomorrow, Friday, April 4.

Modifications in the format of the game have been made to attract an expanded participant pool - specifically, this third iteration One repetition of a sequence of instructions or events. For example, in a program loop, one iteration is once through the instructions in the loop. See iterative development.

(programming) iteration - Repetition of a sequence of instructions.
 is geared toward teaching Wall Street newcomers how to navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web.

(2) To move through the menu structure in a software application.
 the stock market and make strong trading picks.

"Tomorrow's launch of 'Beat the Street' Game Three marks the first network-wide initiative within TheStreet.com's newly expanded portfolio of Web sites," said Erika Faust, senior vice president of marketing for TheStreet.com, Inc. "This time around we created the game in-house In-house

In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm.
, leveraging the technology offerings of Promotions.com, whose team of experts has successfully executed some of the largest and most complex games and promotions worldwide. We are excited to take full advantage of our recently acquired online promotions company in building this new version of 'Beat the Street' and conducting an extensive 12-week promotion across TheStreet.com, MainStreet.com, BankingMyWay.com and Stockpickr.com."

Participants in "Beat the Street" will use $250,000 fantasy dollars to create a stock portfolio of five stocks. Players can trade their stocks long or short for a chance to win $5,000 each week or a grand total of $60,000.

The game features award-winning editorial content from TheStreet.com to provide users with access to top-quality stock research, commentary and analysis. It also includes portfolio management pages where players can view the value of their portfolios and those of their competitors in addition to a leaderboard lead·er·board  
n.
A board that displays the leaders in a competition.


leaderboard
Noun

a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament
 that displays which players are up or down at any given time.

To sign up, visit www.beatthestreetgame.com.

For a listing of Promotions.com's current online games and promotions, visit www.promotions.com.

About TheStreet.com, Inc.

TheStreet.com is a leading financial media company. It engages audiences on video and digital platforms through some of the Web's best known sites: TheStreet.com, RealMoney.com, Stockpickr.com, BankingMyWay.com, MainStreet.com, Rate-Watch.com and Promotions.com.

Through this network, the company produces and distributes content in all areas where life and money intersect In a relational database, to match two files and produce a third file with records that are common in both. For example, intersecting an American file and a programmer file would yield American programmers.  to inform, engage and activate one of the most affluent, influential audiences on the Web today.
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