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Old 12-08-2005, 05:18 PM  
CamRabbit
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Tokyo broker made an error - $225 Million loss

Sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen (less than .01 cent) instead of 1 share at 610,000 yen ($5,080 share). CPU warned of input error, but they put through transaction anyway - sounds like one of my employees.
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