Flutterby™! : UAL debacle

Always date your web content: Stock analyst finds story on big newspaper web site saying United Airlines is declaring bankruptcy, publishes recommendations, UAL crashes, article is actually six years old. Story originally ran in Chicago Tribune, resurfaced through some glitch of content management on South Florida Sun-Sential, also owned by the Tribune company, and

Its impact on United's stock was swift and terrible. In the span of 10 minutes, 24 million shares changed hands. The stock, trading at $12.45, crashed to $3, according to Nasdaq.

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