ChoicePoint hovered between $45 and $46 on Feb. 17; it closed Wednesday at $41.22: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CPS&t=5d&l=off&z=m&q=l&c= And this NYT article coming out on Thursday can't help: http://nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/24datas.html?hp&ex=1109307600&en=76a721a6a0ec4195&ei=5094&partner=homepage "The recently disclosed privacy breach at the data collection giant ChoicePoint, in which con artists gained access to the Social Security numbers, addresses and other personal data of nearly 145,000 people, has exposed the shortcomings of the laws governing the data-mining industry and consumer privacy." Though to be fair, an alternate explanation is that investors are worried about the possibility of new regulations curbing ChoicePoint's business model (and future profitability). -Declan --- http://www.freep.com/money/business/choice23e_20050223.htm ChoicePoint stock falls after data theft February 23, 2005 BY HARRY R. WEBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA -- Data warehouser ChoicePoint Inc.'s stock fell more than 9 percent Tuesday after a breach of company records that could affect more than 140,000 Americans sparked predictions of tougher regulation for the data-brokering industry... _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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