Nasdaq heeft de Facebook beursgang verpest
Jenny Strasburg en Jacob Bunge voor WSJ:
Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., on Sunday acknowledged design problems with Nasdaq's technology after the exchange operator was widely seen as bungling the landmark listing of shares of Facebook Inc. on Friday. [...]
Professional traders who placed big orders on behalf of hedge funds, mutual funds and other institutions waited more than two hours after Facebook shares started trading at 11:30 a.m. EDT to hear whether the orders would be honored or canceled. These traders said the uncertainty caused some big investors to bail out of Facebook stock, because they didn't know for sure what they had bought or sold, or at what price.
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"This was not our finest hour," he said
No shit, foutje met een gevolg van misschien wel 15-30 miljard. "Arme" Zuck had misschien toch beter NYSE Euronext kunnen kiezen.