typo costs securities firm $225 million

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I'm glad I was only briefly a financial proofreader.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 December 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Worse still, the number of shares in Mizuho's order was 41 times that of J-Com's true outstanding amount, but the Tokyo Stock Exchange processed the order anyway.

Mizuho says it tried to cancel the order three times, but the exchange said it doesn't cancel transactions even if they are executed on erroneous orders.

That's some crazy 1984 shit, right thurr.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 9 December 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

friday's a good day for suicide.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

wotta culture

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

On the plus side, shares are a zero sum game, so there must be a lot of happy salarymen out there right now.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

i wish i bought some of these shares

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

I BLAME KAZ MATSUI.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

ACTUALLY, NO, KAZ ISHII. EITHER WAY, A KAZ IS TO BLAME.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

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