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ATT gives students fake money for stocks
By Fiona Koper | November 10, 1993Thanks to a collegiate contest sponsored by AT&T, more than 30 Dartmouth students have 500,000 mock dollars at their beck and call. Dartmouth's team is competing against 15,000 students and teachers nationwide in an investment contest that "simulates real life exactly," said Jim Hall '94, captain of the College's team. The competitors have 24-hour telephone access to a central trading unit that allows them to buy and sell stocks on several exchange markets, team member Rob Manly '94 said. The "AT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge," created by Replica Corporation and sponsored by AT&T, Pontiac and Texas Instruments, began in mid-October, and will run until Dec.