Six-year-old News Story Causes United Airlines Stock To Plummet ... - Wired i'm surprised this hasn't happened before now. this isn't a story about security (although it is about securit ies ), but it's so remarkable i thought i'd include it here anyway. a worker at a miami investment advisory firm called income securities ... blog.wired.com
London Stock Exchange Online After Network Outage - Reseller the london stock exchange began operating again in its final half hour of the day, after an unexplained network problem prevented trading for most of monday. trading started at 4pm after market participants reconnected to the system and activity was ... reseller.co.nz
Kill The Competition: Lse Shutdown ... Global Rally ... Crash On ... - Times Online the times : a computer failure shut down the london stock exchange for seven hours on what promised to be one of the most profitable days of the year. new york times : the us government takeover of troubled mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac ... business.timesonline.co.uk
Zecco Hires Gyro International To Spearhead Branding Efforts - Forbes new york, sept. 8 /prnewswire/ -- zecco trading, an innovative online brokerage firm offering customers free stock trading, low-cost options trading*, and access to the unique online financial community zeccoshare, has hired leading brand ... www.forbes.com
London Halts Trading After Surge On Us Bailout - Times Online trading on the london stock exchange (lse) was halted this morning for the longest period in over eight years because of a “connectivity issue” on one of the busiest days of 2008 following america's £110 billion bailout of fannie mae and freddie ... entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
Optionsxpress Aug. Trading Volume Dips (ap) — optionsxpress holdings inc., a provider of online options and futures trading, said wednesday daily trading volume slipped in august, but client assets rose during the month. retail daily average revenue trades fell 14 percent from august 2007 to 30,700. retail trading volume was 19 ... chicagobusiness.com
Online Error Sends Ual Stock Plunging united airlines parent ual corp. said it didn't file for bankruptcy, after a 2002 chicago tribune news report on the carrier's filing was mistakenly republished on a newspaper web site. the shares fell as much as 76 percent before trading was halted for about 90 minutes, then recovered most of the decline. ual trades between 10:55 a.m. and 11:08 a.m. new york time won't be canceled, the nasdaq ... www.charlotteobserver.com
London Stock Exchange: Timing Is Everything - Times Online today’s systems failure by the london stock exchange (lse) could not have come at a worse time. brokers were furious, both at the unexplained issues of “customer connectivity” and at the lse’s apparent inability to keep the market informed ... business.timesonline.co.uk
Internet-fueled Panic Rocks United Stock - Chicago Tribune a nearly 6-year-old article circulating on the internet as breaking news about united airlines caused a brief 75 percent drop in the airline's stock monday, highlighting a potential peril about how information travels in the modern world. the steep ... www.chicagotribune.com
United Airlines Blindsided By Online Time Warp united airlines and its stockholders experienced the potential dangers inherent in a high-tech society monday when outdated information about a 2002 bankruptcy filing zoomed around the internet and prompted a run on the company's stock. www2.tbo.com
Computers Eyed In Ual Stock Meltdown as tribune co. and google inc. pointed fingers at each other over the glitch that cratered ual corp.'s stock monday, blame spread to the computers that robotically troll the web for news stories and execute stock trades automatically. rockymountainnews.com
Computer Problem Halts Lse Trading - Wall Street Journal london -- trading on the london stock exchange was halted monday because of a computer problem, angering customers at a time that europe's oldest independent exchange is facing growing competition from new platforms. another trading platform, the ice ... online.wsj.com
London Stock Exchange Glitch Costs Millions - Times Online london’s reputation as a leading financial centre suffered a serious blow yesterday when the stock exchange was knocked out by a computer systems failure on what promised to be one of the most profitable days of the year. the shutdown, which lasted ... www.timesonline.co.uk
London Stock Exchange Online After Network Outage trading started at 4pm after market participants reconnected to the system and activity was allowed to recommence. the failure, which started monday morning, forced the market to operate in "auction mode", meaning traders could decide prices and agree sales but not settle trades. www.itworld.com
Old News Prompts Stock Sell-off - Washington Post a six-year-old article mistakenly seen by bloomberg financial news users yesterday reported the bankruptcy of united airlines and triggered a massive sell-off that nearly obliterated the company's stock in a matter of minutes. the light-speed wipeout ... www.washingtonpost.com