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Flash Crash Anniversary: Cancel All Orders! {Video}

Will we see another one? Is the market any safer?

Such as classic video. Cancel all orders!

Two years ago, an accidental trade in the midst of a jittery market set off a cataclysmic plunge that seemed to defy all reason and pulled back the curtain on high-frequency trading for millions of investors who had no idea that computer-driven strategies account for the lion’s share of daily market volume.

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While Europe Burns, “The Avengers” Kicks Off Summer Movie Season with Bang $DIS

 

“The Avengers” proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood’s record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, kicking off Hollywood’s summer movie season with a bang.

Source: Marvel.com

The domestic debut for the big-budget, effects-filled movie from Disney’s [DIS  42.93    -0.88  (-2.01%)   ] Marvel studios sped past last summer’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows – Part 2,” which opened with $169.2 million in its first weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. In March, “The Hunger Games” opened with $152.5 million, the fourth largest opening in box office history.

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