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Re:TechCrunch published Snap earnings before numbers went pu... by onetimemanytime on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:35AM (#21331724)
>>Consider the journalists publishing the information as an extension of the accounting department.

Well, they are not. And accountants can face penalties from lawsuits, losing their license, to jail for revealing client info, unless directed to.

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Re:TechCrunch published Snap earnings before numbers went pu... by vkou on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @03:44AM (#21332176)
Journalists trading on insider information can go to jail just as easily as accountants.
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