Sun-News from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina • 33

i M-mW SATURDAY SecdonD DOW(lnduUriab) NYSE NYSE DIARY Inside Philip Morris takes cigarette promotion in new directions with 20-something magazine 2D Index -rJ CompoaJtevofcjrrw: 459871 890 1985 avg comp voL: 42209640 i Sting nets Street repeat offenders ranks The US Office in Manhattan on Thursday announced it was bringing criminal charges ranging from securities fraud to criminal contempt against a range of stock promoters ana brokers who made illegalpayments to a brokerage house staffed by undercover FBI agents Bu Bjr HDD TVWH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON A convicted murderer a drug dealer and a tax cheat are among the 43 stock brokers and promoters caught in a federal sting according to law enforcement sources and documents obtained by The Associated Press The sting is the latest evidence that Wall Street and its regulators have yet to eradicate a hard-core element of repeat offenders from its professional a hardened element of than 10 who continually get into trouble Among those chaiged Thursday is Edward Williamson 49 of Wichita Kan who was convicted of murder and robbery on Oct 16 1969 according to the SEC and NASD The regulaton said Williamson was paroled in 1971 Katherine Chop an assistant US attorney handling the cases tfMHiwSTING pagiZD prior criminal convictions ranging from murder and robbery to tax evasion In addition they snow that an equal number previously had been barred by stock market regulators from wonting as stock broken either permanently or temporarily whatever reason the regula- ton seem to drive them out of 1 thi Richard Roberts a former SEC commissioner lamented Friday in reference to recidivist broken Roberts said while the majority of broken are honest and companies many of which even traded on regular stock markets Also participating in the case was the FBI the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc a self policing arm for broken The securities regulators brought their own separate civil chains against 28 of the individuals Brokerage industry records and interviews with regulators indicate at least four of those charged have as were willing to accept payoffs in cash or stock to sell stocks in little-known 1 Gearing up for Christmas? Technology said to foil phone thefts 4 MnBahle along the coastiAAUAAAA Cosmos applies for station In MB Cosmos Broadcasting Corp the Greenville-based parent to WIS-TV 10 in Columbia has applied for a tele vision station in Myrtle Beach but don't tiy tuning in any time soon Federal Communications Commission is getting hundreds and hundreds ofap-plications so this could be a very long said Jim Keelor president of Cosmos odds are fairly long that actually get the The FCC recently gave broadcasters a 30-day period to apply for existing unas-signea channels before new channels are allocated for digital television Channel 32 is the only channel that qualifies in this market wanted to take advantage of this because there be another Keelor said adding that if Cosmos gets the channel it will be an independent station not affiliated with a network DA shops dosing on Strand DA Kelly's a discount clothing store is closing its Grand Strand locations The Myrtle Square Mall store is already closed and the Briarcliffe Mall location will close next month A spokesman at DA Cferthage NC headquarters declined to comment on the dosings The 33-year- old retailer has a history of financial troubles The SC Office of Music and Entertainment will name Broadway at tha Baach the top entertainment attraction during today's Farm Aid concert in Columbia The Myrtle Baach Area Hospitality Association will hold its annual candidate's forum at 3:43 pm Wednesday at the Myrtle Beach Martinique Hass SMBBtfilng NstaMeT Cal 626-0280 or tax Cloning costs cell industry By Mary Boyle 's' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE Briad car was parked on a busy street for less than an hour when someone smashed a window and stole her cellular phone was still light out there were people streaming' out of work I couldn't believe it" Fanmy said Authorities surprised Cellular phones are being stolen at an unprecedented rate in Baltimore and in high numbers in most major cities often by drug dealers and other criminals who want phones that canT be traced The cellular telephone industiy which last year lost a record $630 million through then and fraud is fighting back with new technology to make using a stolen phone more difficult year was probably the wont year for said Tun Ayers spokesman for the Cellular Telecommum-cations Industry Association we think we may be rounding a Generally thieves steal a cellular phone and reprogram it with a stolen phone number a practice known as cloning Most of tne time the pawn whose phone number nos been stolen realize it until tne bill arrives Jwimfcw KanaTTw Sun Nww HaNoween IsstR the mein focus for most area retaNers but Mme are already gearing up for Christmas For example a row of pteaMc Santas and anowmenteoma over pumpkins and other Hallowaan morchandteo at the Saaboanf Commons Target More Retailers eye holiday shopping season That means the criminal can get away with maybe a month of free calling before the phone company disconnects the number The greatest hope in the industry's high-tech arsenal against fraud is now technology which is being introduced in some markets around the country The industiy expects it be in place nationwide' within a year as we know it today will become extinct with authentication" said Rosearina De Maria vice president of security for Wireless Authentication requires the phone to verify its identi- ty to a receiving station The phone com npany can rtiEmnMw i Retimes are lusting a housing boom along ths Grand 8trana and developers say they can hardly keep up with demand Reports: Christinas looking good THE ASSOCIATED PRESS jjrompdy recognize that the number is Being used "The phone stay activated as long 1 111 ill fHM llmM ilnua T1m iLmi A 1 WASHINGTON Wholesale in Farcus flation pressures eased in September while retail sales rebounded from a summer slump Investors greeted news with glee believing the all-important Christinas season could turn out better than expected Financial markets snook off a By Joyce Rosenberg THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It's the time of year for making bets: on football baseball the election and if you're in the retail business on Christmas Store owners and the analysts who track their business are trying to figure out how the big shopping season will turn out At stake are billions of dollars in rales and profits because this is the busiest time of the year at stores and -malls across the country So for industiy analysts are optimistic because of a healthier economy and stronger rales than last year But nonetheless hedging their bets because in retailing there are no guarantees until the last store closes on Dec 24 Among the more cautious is Thomas Tashjian an analyst with Montgomery Securities in San Francisco ire RETAIL Avr 2D 03 percent August increase remains at raid Allen Sinai chief global economist at Primark Decision Economics in New York simply pass on price hikes1 Meanwhile the Commerce Department said retail sales rose an unexpectedly strong 07 percent in September following a summer in which sales had fallen ()6 percent in June and 02 percent in August and managed only a meager July advance of CupercenU Tne betterthan-expected 07 per cent September advance left some economists forecasting that this year's all-important Christmas season will be better than first feared ley's office in New York City The industiy has also developed new devices that prevent thieves from reprogramming cellular phones -with stolen numbers and is training police and prosecutors to better fight the criminals1 In Baltimore as many as 22 cellular phones are stolen a day according to police The thefts are typically committed by drug addicts in search of quick money But the overall operation which includes reprogramming the stolen phones with pilfered numbers involves several layers of criminals Because thephones are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission federal agents are involved week-long funk to push stock prices higher Tne Dow Jones industrial 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