See this article - perhaps an unconventional way to make a buck...

See this article - perhaps an unconventional way to make a buck on algo traded stocks. (eg using google alerts - lol)

Anne Hathaway is young, beautiful and excels in soppy romantic comedies. But while her puppy-dog-eyes bring tears to multiplexes worldwide, her performances are now being watched in a less familiar quarter: Wall St.

Traders barely noticed that the star of The Devil Wears Prada had hosted last month's Oscars, until blogger Dan Mirvish spotted an odd pattern: if Ms Hathaway is in the news, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock jumps too.

More here:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5b68adac-5721-11e0-9035-00144feab49a.html#axzz1HjlH822Y

(H/T Paul Krugman)