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Re:$444B 'Fat Finger' Trade Crashed Stocks.Now Citigroup Is ... by Arnt on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @05:07AM (#40509948)
Suppose it actually required twenty, or 200. In that case, would the relevant organisation publish the truth or rather lie and say "two"? I think lying makes a lot of sense. Telling the truth would be like saying "go ahead and kill the most accessible of these 20/200 people".

So I don't think the "2" is very likely to be true.

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Re:$444B 'Fat Finger' Trade Crashed Stocks.Now Citigroup Is ... by throwaway1105q on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @05:36AM (#40510123)
It could be 200 out of 20k, or something like that. Though yes, you're right, lying makes sense.
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