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1. B. earnings calls for analysts are not a public method (even though pretty much everybody can participate in most calls)

2. C.
A is wrong because if the research analysts work at her company, she probably knows their methodology...
B is wrong because she *supported* her recommendations with the research--she didn't base her recommendations solely on the research.
D is wrong because there's no evidence that she was careless

3. A. Disclosure is always good. Gifts are bad (most of the times).