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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is launching a probe into the booming "black market" in hotly-tipped, privately-held tech stock occurring outside the US regulator's watchful gaze. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal [paywall], the SEC is to launch an investigation after observing a recent boom in …

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  1. Anonymous Blowhard

    Wonga is a "unicorn" tech-startup? Is this the same "Wonga"?

    If so, they aren't a "tech" company they're a "finance" company!

    (Actually, more like loan sharks with an "app")

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    1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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      Remember when dIGITAL UK was rage and every plumber in London with an email was reclassified as part of the dIGITAL economy - although presumably only with the silly sPELLING.

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