AFLAC quack is music to early investors' ears. (02-OCT-05) Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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AFLAC quack is music to early investors' ears.

Publication: Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 02-OCT-05

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Byline: Tracy Connor

Oct. 2--When most people hear about AFLAC, they think about those talking duck commercials.

But when Horace Jackson hears the insurance giant's name, he thinks about how the 130 shares of stock he bought 50 years ago is now worth millions.

Jackson, 84, is one of a few hundred investors who took a gamble on AFLAC when the firm's founders were going door-to-door in rural Georgia selling stock on lay-a-way.

It was a risk that paid off beyond their wildest dreams, creating a...

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