Twitter, Social Media are Fertile Ground for Stock Hoaxes

By: Ryan Vlastelica | Reuters

"Apparently I have a twitter impersonator," said the hedge fund manager, adding that he had no plans "to tweet about stocks.

"What set off Einhorn, founder of Greenlight Capital, was a post by a since-suspended Twitter account called @Greenlightcap that read: "The $HLF tug of war will in the end come down to who has more money to play with. I wouldn't want to be in Bill's shoes right now #TeamIcahn."