pay money??? moving on...
NoScript was concerned about the link when I tried it. The site generates a lot of activity, part of which goes to http://barrons.wsj.net which made me realize for the first time that Barrons and WSJ are affiliated. Maybe everyone knew this but me.
Anyway, NoScript eventually balks, filtering "a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempt".
Probably harmless corporate hijinks, but who needs it?
I read what you said... re-read it, and have no idea what your saying... I think the problem is on my end though (I'm too dumb to understand what you're explaining), but thanks for the explanation!