Stories Related to One Large Trader Led To May 6 Stock Market Plunge

By MARCY GORDON and DANIEL WAGNER, Associated Press
Fri, 10/01/2010 - 12:46pm

By MARCY GORDON and DANIEL WAGNER 2010-10-01T19:46:12Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trading firm's use of a computer sell order triggered the May 6 market plunge, which sent the Dow Jones industrial average plunging nearly 1,000 points in less than a half-hour, federal regulators said Friday....

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