Burned in the Market, Investors Seek Free Advice -- Turn to FreeAdvice.com.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1998--Where are the 62 million Americans with Internet access See how to access the Internet. likely to go should their investments plummet due to stock market manipulation Market manipulation describes a deliberate attempt to interfere with the free and fair operation of the market and create artificial, false or misleading appearances with respect to the price of, or market for, a stock. or rigged commodities trading? To the Internet. Just as investors frequently turn to the Web to gather information before making an investment, they increasingly head back to the Web when things go sour or disputes arise. Investors no longer immediately complain to the Government or look for a lawyer, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gerry Goldsholle, Chairman of FreeAdvice.com who began his career as a trial attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission and formerly was CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MetLife Brokerage. Instead, they go to the Internet to look for information on sites such as http://FreeAdvice.com that help them understand the legal issues and figure out how to protect their rights, he added. Yesterday, a day after it was announced that Sumitomo Corp. agreed to pay $150 million in fines and restitution to settle charges that it had manipulated the copper market in 1995 and 1996, the Commodities Law section of FreeAdvice.com recorded record numbers of hits. In April, the Securities Law and Broker Disputes sections of FreeAdvice.com similarly began to buzz after Cendant Corp. announced "accounting irregularities" and the price of shares on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. plunged 46%. "People want to play active roles in legal matters that impact their personal and business lives," said Goldsholle. http://FreeAdvice.com helps them do so by explaining 100 legal topics in easy to understand "plain English Plain English (sometimes known, more broadly, as plain language) is a communication style that focuses on considering the audience's needs when writing. It recommends avoiding unnecessary words and avoiding jargon, technical terms, and long and ambiguous sentences. ." Topics covered include business law, copyrights, employment disputes, estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the , and taxes, with advice from many leading lawyers on such matters as getting a brokerage firm or insurance company to take a claim seriously. It also contains hundreds of links to other helpful sites. FreeAdvice.com, the leading consumer legal site on the Internet, is a unit of Bedminster, NJ and San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay based Advice & Counsel Corp. and generates over a million hits every month. The company also publishes http://ExpertPages.com which Lawyers Weekly rated as "the best free directory" of expert witnesses. CONTACT: Advice & Counsel Corp. Kathlene Carney, 707/765-1234 CarneyPR@aol.com Gerry Goldsholle, 800-ITS-LEGAL gerry@adviceco.com |
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