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Re:1TB Hard Drive Prices up 180% in a Month by QuoVadis7 on Sunday November 06, 2011 @04:02AM (#3202213)
I've heard of a trading company doing something like this: they parse Bloomberg's news stream for keywords and place orders accordingly.

Not sure they'd be able to connect flood in Taiwan with, say, Seagate stock based on Seagate NOT having plants in TW. Shorting stocks of the companies in electronics industry or some index like NASDAQ is feasible, though.

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Re:1TB Hard Drive Prices up 180% in a Month by gujk on Sunday November 06, 2011 @10:34AM (#3202870)
That is simple to implement. All industry members in Thailand (not Taiwan) take a hit. All competitors to companies that take a hit get a bonus.
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