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June 30, 2005

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danger @ 12:20 pm
A Taiwan stock trader mistakenly bought $251 million worth of shares with a mis-stroke of her computer, meaning her company is looking at a paper loss of more than $12 million and she is looking for a new job.

Wow. $251 million with a mis-stroke? There will be multiple calls for 5 are you sure? clicks on everything now. Full story at MSNBC. Thanks Diarmuid.

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