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Re: inventing reality to keep researchers happy... (4.00 / 2)
Reminded of the Mid East investor trading EVERYTHING through Merrill Lynch in Lebanon ( a long time ago...).

He couldn't be seen to be trading "PorkBellies" futures so Merrill apparently had the contract notes print out "ChickenBellies" instead.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Mon Jul 9th, 2007 at 06:43:51 PM EST
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