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A $251 Million Typo

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-a-big-oops dept.

theodp writes "A Taiwan stock trader is jobless after a typo left her company looking at a paper loss of more than $12 million when what was supposed to have been a small order mistakenly resulted in a $251 million purchase. 'Something like this is difficult to explain to superiors,' a company exec explained."

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  1. Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    She gets fired, and they keep the stock as they expect to profit from it...
    Why is she getting fired and not trained?

    AXJZTOS