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Jumping to a confusion using Google
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:52:29 -0400
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b843a240-7ddd-11dd-bdbd-000077b07658.html United shares plunge on old news story By Justin Baer in New York Published: September 8 2008 20:46 | Last updated: September 9 2008 01:59 United Airlines <http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us:UAUA> plunged on Monday after a false report that the carrier had returned to bankruptcy court surfaced on the internet. A six-year-old Chicago Tribune story on United's 2002 bankruptcy filing, spotted on a Google search on Monday morning by an investment newsletter, triggered a massive sell-off of the carrier's shares until trading was halted. The stock reached a low of $3, then rebounded once trading resumed to close at $10.92. Shares had ended the day at $12.30 on Friday. ...
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