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Footnotes: Hashtag Fraud Hashtag Scam; Gene Simmons Is No Tax Expert; Congressional Wikipedia Trolling | 07.25.14

Ed. note: I dunno about you guys but I couldn't be happier this week is over. Thanks for helping out with some good tips this week, meet you right back here first thing Monday morning! Holla if you need us…

Investor Alert: Social Media and Investing — Stock Rumors While social media can provide many benefits for investors, it also presents opportunities for fraudsters. Through social media, fraudsters can spread false or misleading information about a stock to large numbers of people with minimum effort and at a relatively low cost. They can also conceal their true identities by acting anonymously or even impersonating credible sources of market information. [Investor.gov]

New IRS Form Proves Obama Lied About Individual Mandate Tax Consider the source and proceed accordingly [Americans for Tax Reform]

A couple Deloitte partners are in trouble [economia]

Gene Simmons Should Stick to Breathing Fire on Stage Again, consider the source and proceed accordingly [CTJ]

Generating social business value across the enterprise blah blah blah [Deloitte U Press]

So you’re the world’s greatest trader? Taxes will fix that. Just stick to your mattress [WaPo]

What the heck is going on with Congress and Wikipedia? [Fast Co.]

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