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NASDAQ Trading Halted Due To "Technical Issue"

Posted by timothy on from the get-right-on-that dept.

barlevg writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that trading was halted midday Thursday due to an as-yet unnamed technical issue. Says SEC spokesperson John Nester, 'We are monitoring the situation and in are close contact with the exchanges.'"

7 of 240 comments (clear)

  1. Hello tech support? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you tried turning it off and on again?

    1. Re:Hello tech support? by 605dave · · Score: 5, Funny

      You have to restart it while holding down the option key. That will flush the cash.

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      Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
    2. Re:Hello tech support? by UnknowingFool · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't know what you mean. It's working for me. [Unplugs coffee maker, plugs server back in]. --BOFH

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      Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
  2. It's Just a Casino Anyway... by DexterIsADog · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...which is why I keep all my money in bitcoins.

  3. Right about now ... by bizitch · · Score: 5, Funny

    .... there is a group of engineers ...

    - Flop sweating their asses off
    - Furiously searching their email for that ass-covering memo to their boss about the pricey "redundant this" or "redundant that" that the boss was too cheap to get
    - Wondering if there is enough alcohol on earth for what they will need later tonight

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    ---- "Logoff! That cookie shit makes me nervous!" - A. Soprano
  4. LET CHAOS REIGN by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick, everybody spread rumors about shutdowns and buyouts, those Wall Street fatcats will shit their pants! >:D

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  5. Don't forget about... by tool462 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the group of MBAs ...

      - Flop sweating their asses of
      - Furiously searching their email for that ass-covering memo where the IT guy said "Yeah, this should work"
      - Wondering if there is enough coke on earth to get them through the rest of the day

    For these guys, there are only two universal truths:
        1) This is absolutely, positively, 100% the IT guy's fault
        2) He can not fix this without the IT guy.
    The impotent rage would be palpable.