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15-Year-Old Caught by the S.E.C. Using Financial Chatrooms Like a Stock Analyst
New York Times article "Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis—and 15" discusses an ethical quandary for the Securities and Exchange Commission that regulates stockbrokers and Wall Street. An anonymous 15-year-old was posting technical financial information about companies and their stocks in financial chatrooms. He was so persuasive and hid his age so well, it drove up the price of the stock, a classic "pump and dump" scheme. The law was written to control the insider behavior of stockbrokers and it didn't quite know what to do with anonymous posters in chatrooms. What do you believe is the ethical response to this situation? Whose side are you on?
Programming a Way Out of Poverty
Mark Alvarado starts the Multicultural Foundation for Technology and Science at the tough, urban Mission High School in San Francisco.
Teen-Age Teacher: 15 Going on 3D
Donovan Keith has been teaching animation and video production since he was 13, as well as running mailing lists for his expertise.

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