Archiv für Mai 2010


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Stock selloff may have been triggered by a trader error

In one of the most dizzying half-hours in stock market history, the Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points before paring those losses in what possibly could have been a trader error.

According to multiple sources, a trader entered a “b” for billion instead of an “m” for million in a trade possibly involving Procter & Gamble, a component in the Dow. (CNBC’s Jim Cramer noted suspicious price movement in P&G stock on air during the height of the market selloff.)

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Check out this OWF article on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Although the Cannes film festival is heralded as a celebrated arena to showcase the best in original and new world cinema talent, there is definitely room for sequels at the most famous fest on the circuit: this year there is even one lined up in the competition (Nikita Mikhalkov’s Soviet WWII epic ‘Burnt By The Sun 2: Exodus’), so what better a place to present the intriguing return of one of the most compelling character creations in recent cinematic history?

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