Probe into how Google mix-up caused $1 billion run on Unitedhttp://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4742147.ece
9/12/2008 12:47:37 PM
9/12/2008 12:56:31 PM
old
9/12/2008 12:57:11 PM
I wish I had caught this before anyone else noticed and bought the stock at $3 only to have it back at $11 by the end of the day!
9/12/2008 1:17:54 PM
^Don't we all....Though that does open up ideas... you could be that guy that reads the old article (on multiple computers, to ensure higher view counts), and then be the guy that makes Ala$ka by buying the stock while low...[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 1:20 PM. Reason : .]
9/12/2008 1:18:23 PM
Maybe he planned this!
9/12/2008 1:21:55 PM
^^ that's illegal, brother.
9/12/2008 1:32:20 PM
tons of things we do are illegal
9/12/2008 1:44:48 PM
^^On what grounds? It's not exactly insider trading...
9/12/2008 1:46:48 PM
Artificial market manipulation and it will get you a nice little conversation with the SEC.
9/12/2008 1:47:37 PM