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Wall Street Week Development Corporation maintains this site for information and communication purposes. This webpage contains the Terms of Use governing your access to and use of Wallstreetweek.com (the “Website” or “Site”). All use of this Site is subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”).  Wallstreetweek.com is a provider of financial news and information and does not provide financial advice. Individuals should consult a qualified financial advisor in addition to tax and legal counsel before making financial and investment decisions. Contributors to the site may have a financial interest in securities discussed.  If you do not accept these Terms of Use or you do not meet or comply with their provisions, you may not use the Website.

Features Subject to Separate Terms.

Some of the features offered through the Site are provided by third party service providers and may be subject to terms of use, rules and policies in addition to or in lieu of these Terms of Use.  If you choose to use those features, you agree that your use of those features will be subject to such additional or separate terms of use, rules and/or policies, as applicable.

A. TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL USERS

1. Overview

YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE.

For users who are not registered with this Website, your use of the Website will be deemed to be acceptance of the Terms of Use, Section A.

For users who are registered with the Website, your use of the Website shall be subject to (i) certain designated terms (see Section B below) in addition to those terms applicable to all users.

IF THESE TERMS OF USE ARE NOT COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

2. Changes To Terms

Wallstreetweek.com may, at any time, for any reason and without notice, make changes to (i) this Website, including its look, feel, format, and content, as well as (ii) the products and/or services as described in this Website. Any modifications will take effect when posted to the Website. Therefore, each time you access the Website, you need to review the Terms of Use upon which access and use of this Website is conditioned. By your continuing use of the Website after changes are posted, you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.

When you visit Wall Street Week Development Corporation or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically.  You consent to receive communications from us electronically, including without limitation by e-mail or by posting notices on this Site.  You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.  To withdraw your consent to receive notices electronically, you must notify us of your withdrawal of such consent and discontinue your use of this Site.

3. Jurisdiction

The Website is directed to those individuals and entities located in the United States. It is not directed to any person or entity in any jurisdiction where (by reason of nationality, residence, citizenship or otherwise) the publication or availability of the Website and its content, including its products and services, are unavailable or otherwise contrary to local laws or regulations. If this applies to you, you are not authorized to access or use any of the information on this Website. Wallstreetweek.com makes no representation that the information, opinions, advice or other content on the Website (collectively, “Content”) is appropriate or that its products and services are available outside of the United States. Those who choose to access this Website from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

4. Scope of Use and User E-Mail

You are only authorized to download small portions of the Content (including without limitation text, graphics, software, audio and video files and photos) of this Website for your informational, non-commercial use, provided that you leave all the copyright notices, including copyright management information, or other proprietary notices intact.

You may not store, modify, reproduce, transmit, reverse engineer or distribute a significant portion of the Content on this Website, or the design or layout of the Website or individual sections of it, in any form or media. The systematic retrieval of data from the Website is also prohibited.

E-mail submissions over the Internet may not be secure and are subject to the risk of interception by third parties. Please consider this fact before e-mailing any information. Also, please consult our Privacy Policy. You agree not to submit or transmit any e-mails or materials through the Website that: (i) are defamatory, threatening, obscene or harassing, (ii) contain a virus, worm, Trojan horse or any other harmful component, (iii) incorporate copyrighted or other proprietary material of any third party without that party’s permission or (iv) otherwise violate any applicable laws. Wall Street Week Development Corporation shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding any information or materials that you submit online except as specified in these Terms of Use, or as set forth in any additional terms and conditions relating to specific products or services, or as otherwise specifically agreed or required by law.

The commercial use, reproduction, transmission or distribution of any information, software or other material available through the Website without the prior written consent of Wall Street Week Development Corporation is strictly prohibited.

5. Copyrights and Trademarks

The materials at this Site, as well as the organization and layout of this site, are copyrighted and are protected by United States and international copyright laws and treaty provisions. You may access, download and print materials on this Website solely for your personal and non-commercial use; however, any print out of this Site, or portions of the Site, must include wallstreetweek.com’s copyright notice.  No right, title or interest in any of the materials contained on this Site is transferred to you as a result of accessing, downloading or printing such materials. You may not copy, modify, distribute, transmit, display, reproduce, publish, license any part of this Site; create derivative works from, link to or frame in another website, use on any other website, transfer or sell any information obtained from this Site without the prior written permission of Wall Street Week Development Corporation.

Except as expressly provided under the “Scope of Use” Section above, you may not use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute, or publicly display or operate this Website without the prior written permission of Wall Street Week Development Corporation.  You may not use a part of this Website on any other Website, without Wall Street Week Development Corporation’s prior written consent.

All Wall Street Week Development Corporation marks, graphics, logos, designs and trade names used and displayed on this Site are service marks or trademarks of Wall Street Week Development Corporation and are the sole and exclusive property of Wall Street Week Development Corporation.  The “look and feel” of this Site constitutes proprietary trade dress of Wall Street Week Development Corporation.  All other trademarks not owned by Wall Street Week Development Corporation that appear on this Site are the property of their respective owners.  You may not use any such marks for any purpose whatsoever without the express prior written permission of the owner.

Wall Street Week Development Corporation respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. The policy of Wall Street Week Development Corporation

is to terminate the accounts of repeat copyright offenders and other users who infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us at customerservice@wallstreetweek.com.

6.  Links

For your convenience, we may provide links to various other Websites that may be of interest to you and for your convenience only.  However, Wall Street Week Development Corporation does not control or endorse such Websites and is not responsible for their content nor is it responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements contained within such Websites. Please read the terms and conditions or terms of use policies of any other company or website you may link to from our website. These Terms of Use policy applies only toWall Street Week Development Corporation’s website and the products and services Wall Street Week Development Corporation offers.  If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Website, you do so at your own risk. Wall Street Week Development Corporationreserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time. Wall Street Week Development Corporation disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, and legality or otherwise of any materials or information contained on such sites.

7.  No Unlawful Or Prohibited Use
You may use this Site only for lawful, non-commercial purposes and solely in accordance with these Terms of Use and any other specific terms of use, rules or policies, whether provided by Wall Street Week Development Corporation  or a third party, that may be applicable to any particular portion of this Site.  You may not submit or transmit through this Site any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct, that:

1. violates or infringes the rights of others, including without limitation patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
2. involves uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any Postings that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
3. is unlawful, threatening, abusive, hateful, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, pornographic, vulgar, indecent, profane, obscene, or any other information that Wall Street Week Development Corporation deems in its sole discretion to be inappropriate for this Site;
4. victimizes, harasses, “stalks,” degrades, attacks or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on any basis, including but not limited to religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age or disability;
5. harms minors in any way;
6. impersonates any person, business or entity (including but not limited to a Wall Street Week Development Corporation official, discussion group moderator or other forum leader, guide or host), or in any way falsely states or misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
7. involves forging headers or otherwise manipulating identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Postings transmitted through this Site;
8. contains viruses or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, impair, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
9. disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of this Site are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
10. instigates or encourages others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person;
11. encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or that gives rise to civil liability;
12. is intended to promote and/or generate revenue for any third party business activity; or
13. violates these Terms of Use or any other terms of use, rules or policies applicable to this Site or any portion hereof.

For purposes of clarity, “masked” vulgarity, obscenity or profanity (e.g., “sh*t”) is deemed to be equivalent to including the actual objectionable word, phrase or symbol in your Posting or otherwise on Wall Street Week Development Corporation.  Wall Street Week Development Corporation reserves the right to delete any such material from this Site.

You may not use this Site in any manner that could damage, disable, disrupt, overburden, impair or otherwise interfere with  this Site or any servers or networks connected to this Site, or otherwise interferes with the use or enjoyment of this Site by others.  You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to this Site, other user accounts or any computer systems or networks connected to this Site or any Wall Street Week Development Corporation server, through hacking, password mining or any other means.  We may take any legal and technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce these Terms of Use.

Spamming

Gathering email addresses from Wall Street Week Development Corporation through harvesting or automated means is prohibited.  Posting or transmitting unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or any other forms of solicitation to other users is prohibited.

9.  No Warranties

THE WEBSITE, AND ANY CONTENT, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, ALL OF WHICH WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS. WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DOES NOT ENDORSE AND MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT, AND WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL NOT BE LIABLE OR OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY IN UPDATING THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT. WE HAVE NO DUTY TO UPDATE THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE. WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THE CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESULTS OR OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF ACCESSING THE WEBSITE AND USING THE CONTENT, AND FOR TAKING ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT ANY CONTENT YOU MAY ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR ANY OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THIS WARRANTY DISCLAIMER MAY BE DIFFERENT IN CONNECTION WITH SPECIFIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.  SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

10.  Governing Law, Location and Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Maryland USA, without reference to its choice of law rules. If an applicable law is in conflict with any part of the Terms of Use, the Terms of Use will be deemed modified to conform to the law. The other provisions will not be affected by any such modification.

11. Separate Agreements

You may have other agreements with Wall Street Week Development Corporation. Those agreements are separate and in addition to these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use do not modify, revise or amend the terms of any other agreements you may have with Wall Street Week Development Corporation.

12.  DMCA  Copyright Policy and Copyright Agent

Wall Street Week Development Corporation respects the intellectual property rights of others.  If you believe something on this Site has infringed your intellectual property rights, please notify our agent and provide the following information:

(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.

(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled.

(iv) Address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address where we may contact you.

(v) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

The Site’s Copyright Agent can be reached at customerservice@wallstreetweek.com.

13. U.S. Resident and Minors

You represent that you are a United States resident.  This Site is not intended for use by or availability to minors.  IF YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY AN ADULT UNDER THE LAW WHERE YOU LIVE OR IF YOU ARE UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS SITE.

14. No Professional Advice

The information available on the Website is intended to be a general information resource regarding the matters covered, and is not tailored to your specific circumstance. You should not construe this as legal, accounting or other professional advice. This Website is not intended for use by minors. YOU SHOULD EVALUATE ALL INFORMATION, OPINIONS AND ADVICE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR INSURANCE SPECIALIST, OR WITH YOUR LEGAL, TAX, FINANCIAL OR OTHER ADVISOR, AS APPROPRIATE.

15. Users Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users. Wall Street Week Development Corporation reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

16. User Submissions And Communications; Public Areas:

You acknowledge that you own, solely responsible or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Wall Street Week Development Corporation or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply.

If you make any submission to an area of the Website accessed or accessible by the public (“Public Area”) or if you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to Wall Street Week Development Corporation by email, you automatically represent and warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted Wall Street Week Development Corporation a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. Wall Street Week Development Corporation may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. If you wish to keep any business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, you must not submit them to the Public Areas or to Wall Street Week Development Corporation by email. We try to answer every email in a timely manner, but are not always able to do so.

To the extent that portions of this Site provide users an opportunity to post and/or exchange information, ideas, opinions, photographs, images, video, creative works, messages or any other material (individually and collectively, “Postings”), please be advised that Postings do not necessarily reflect the views of Wall Street Week Development Corporation.  In no event shall Wall Street Week Development Corporation assume or have any responsibility or liability for any Postings or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from their use and/or appearance on this Site.

Some of the forums (individual bulletin boards and posts on the social network, for instance) on the Website are not moderated or reviewed.  Accordingly, users will be held directly and solely responsible for the content of messages that are posted. While not moderating the forums, the Site reviewer will periodically perform an administrative review for the purpose of deleting messages that are old, have received few responses, are off topic or irrelevant, serve as advertisements or seem otherwise inappropriate. Wall Street Week Development Corporation has full discretion to delete messages. Users are encouraged to read the specific forum rules displayed in each discussion forum first before participating in that forum.

Wall Street Week Development Corporation reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:

Record the dialogue in public chat rooms.

Examine an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to the terms of this section and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s).

Remove communications that are abusive, illegal, or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms of Use.

Terminate a Member’s access to any or all Public Areas and/or the wallstreetweek.com Site upon any breach of these Terms of Use.

Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the Public Areas.

Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the Wall Street Week Development Corporation Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.

Wall Street Week Development Corporation reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. Wall Street Week Development Corporation has no liability or responsibility to users of the Wall Street Week Development Corporation Website or any other person or entity for performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.

17. Arbitration

Except as regarding any action seeking equitable relief, including without limitation for the purpose of protecting any Wall Street Week Development Corporation confidential information and/or intellectual property rights, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or this Website shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules, in effect at the time the proceedings begin, of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be held in the state of Maryland USA.

All information relating to or disclosed by any party in connection with the arbitration of any disputes hereunder shall be treated by the parties, their representatives, and the arbitrator as proprietary business information. Such information shall not be disclosed by any party or their respective representatives without the prior written authorization of the party furnishing such information. Such information shall not be disclosed by the arbitrator without the prior written authorization of all parties. Each party shall bear the burden of its own counsel fees incurred in connection with any arbitration proceedings.

Judgment upon the award returned by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction over the parties or their assets or application of enforcement, as the case may be. Any award by the arbitrator shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the parties. The parties hereby waive all rights to judicial review of the arbitrator’s decision and any award contained therein.

18.  Limitation of Liability

YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ACCESS TO, USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT (EVEN IF WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) OR THAT ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS IN, OR DELAYS IN TRANSMISSION OF, INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE USER, ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR FILES, INTERRUPTIONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS TO THE WEBSITE OR VIRUSES, WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY BE DIFFERENT IN CONNECTION WITH SPECIFIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY WALL STREET WEEK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

19. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Wall Street Week Development Corporation, its  affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, licensors, representatives and third party providers to this Site from and against  all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable  attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms of Use by you, including but not limited to any breach or alleged breach of any of your representations, warranties or undertakings hereunder.  Wall Street Week Development Corporation reserves the right to assume, at its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Wall Street Week Development Corporation in asserting any available defenses.

B. ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE ONLY TO REGISTERED USERS

20. Accounts and Security

Wall Street Week Development Corporation does not warrant that the functions contained in the service provided by the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that this service or the server that makes it available will be free of viruses or other harmful components.

As part of the registration process, each user will select a password (“Password”) and Login Name (“Login Name”). You shall provide Wall Street Week Development Corporation with accurate, complete, and updated Account information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of this Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your Account.

You may not:

select or use a Login Name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person;

use a name subject to the rights of any other person without authorization;

use a Login Name that Website, in its sole discretion, deems inappropriate or offensive.

You shall notify Wall Street Week Development Corporation of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your Account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password.  You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.

Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your Account, at Wall Street Week Development Corporation’s sole discretion, and you may be reported to appropriate law-enforcement agencies.

Contact us: If you would like to request additional information regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us.