I guess he was involved in the dissemination of information for the company, so he kind of knew how they did press releases.

我猜他参与过,公司信息的发布,因此他知道公司是怎样对外发布消息的

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If you know the secrets of a company, if you know some good news about the company before the public does, you could buy the shares of the company and experience the profit when the price goes up.

如果你掌握了公司内幕信息,你能比公众更早得知,公司的利好消息,那你就会去购买公司的股票,然后从股票升值中获利

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