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Wall Street to install 'circuit breaker' to head off market gyrations
Regulators plan to enact new rules to curb the type of market volatility behind the May 6 "flash crash" that caused the Dow to plunge almost 1,000 points in a half hour. The goal is to head off market gyrations that can be exacerbated by automated high-speed trading.
By Lucas Mearian | 20 May, 2010 04:12
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Sharp stock market drop likely human, computer error
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted almost 1,000 points in a half-hour today, the cause of which appears to be human error exacerbated by a market made more volatile by high-speed trades and automatic sale orders that are measured in milliseconds.
By Lucas Mearian | 07 May, 2010 09:02
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Financial sites struggle after market crash
The stock market crash on Thursday afternoon took financial Web sites down with it, as people hurried online to make trades and check their investments.
By Nancy Gohring | 07 May, 2010 10:02
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