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Apple Analyst "Channel Checks" Now Under SEC Spotlight as Inside Trading

Apple analysts on Wall Street are under increased SEC scrutiny for insider trading, centered on the "normal" habit of channel checks--working out what Apple may be up to by speaking to its suppliers. Is this unfair? Or are the analysts really cheating?READ»

How The Huffington Post Subtly Crowdsources Headlines

Crowdsourcing usually invokes an image of thousands of people contributing to a vast database--à la Wikipedia. But it needn't be so large scale: The Huffington Post uses a quick'n'dirty crowd system to test the popularity of its ...READ»