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Bear Stearns trader s $4 billion
mistake did little damage
NEW YORK (AP) — A “clerical error" by a
Bear Steams trader that mistakenly turned an order
to sell $4 million worth of stock into a $4 billion
transaction appears to have had minimal impact on
the securities market, experts said Thursday.
The foulup came late Wednesday, when the
Bear Steams employee executed an order to sell
$4 billion of Standard & Poor’s securities.
The mistake was caught a few minutes later,
and the trades were halted. But by then, $622 mil
lion worth of orders had already gone through on
what was supposed to have been just a $4 million
stock sale, the New York Stock Exchange said in a
one-paragraph statement late Wednesday.
Despite the size of the transaction, the error
“doesn’t seem to have had a large impact on the
(S&P) index overall,” said Paul Hickey, an ana
lyst with Birinyi Associates, which monitors
trading activity.
The S&P Index had already begun a sharp
decline at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, falling from
about 840 points to about 827 points over the
next 40 minutes. In the time between when the
mistaken trade was entered and when the market
closed at 4 p.m., the index did dip slightly but
finished at 827.91.
A Bear Stearns spokesman, Russell Sherman,
would not answer questions Thursday about the
transaction. The NYSE declined to answer ques
tions about the impact the transaction had on
stock prices and referred all additional questions
to Bear Stearns.
“It happens extremely rarely.” NYSE
spokesman Christian Brakman said.
Finance experts agreed. But they pointed out
that in such a fast-paced environment — one that
continues to rely on the human touch to transact
huge volumes of business — mistakes do happen,
and on occasion they can be substantial.
“There are all kinds of possibilities for emirs.”
said Thomas Mclnish, a professor of finance at the
University of Memphis. “You can have the wrong
price, or you can have both parties who thought they
were buying, or you can have the wrong quantity.”
In one instance in 1992, a Salomon trader mis
understood a client's order to sell $11 million
worth of various stock, and instead sold 1 1 million
shares, worth far more. Mclnish said he happened
to be on an exchange floor that afternoon as
traders tried to figure out why certain stocks were
dropping unexpectedly.
That mistake appears to have briefly pushed
down the price of some stocks, including shares of
Quaker Oats, which fell from $56 a share to $54.50.
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“It is a reminder from
turies past that educators
the responsibility andobli«
to aspire, to lead and toii
he said.
Dean of Faculties hn
Watson gave Gates the symb
of office, which included
mace, a representation u
University authority made of s*
ver, walnut and oak. The macs
present at all academic p
sions, commencements
other special ceremonies.
The convocation process!
al began at the Cush;.
Memorial Library and travel:
around the north side of
Academic Building intoRi
Auditorium.
As the procession passed
main flag pole in from of
Academic Building, the
anniversary flag was low:-;
and the "One Spirit, One Visi-
flag was raised.
Gates earned a bacheld
from the College of Will
and Mary in history, amasic
in history from
University and a doctoral:;
Russian and Soviet hi
from Georgetown Univeni
Gates was a career ClAol
and a member of the Board ?
Visitors at the University
Oklahoma Internati
Programs Center. He served
a trustee of the endow
fund at the College of Wi
and Mary and interim dean
the George Bush School
Government and Ms
Service at Texas A&M
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Kiernat. student developK
specialist for the Department
Residence Life.
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Galveston will likely retunj
home Friday night.
"Right now they’re just haa;
ing out,” Kiernat said. The
will remain in College Static
until they receive the clearan
to return.”
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like to thank everyone for then
votes.”
Brandon Davis won
office of freshman secretary
a write-in with 25 votes cast
Newly elected treshmat
senators are Jordan
political science major.
Matthew Luensmann, an agn
cultural economics ntajo r
Tucker Redding, a bioenviron;
mental sciences major ar
Askia M. Toure, a VW"
major.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Judge rules against Xerox
for nearly $300 million in
retirement lawsuit
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge
has ruled that Xerox Corp.'s pension plan
must pay nearly $300 million to thousands
of retirees he has found were shortchanged.
Xerox said in a filing Thursday with the
Securities and Exchange Commission that it
will appeal.
U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon, who
sits in East St. Louis, 111., on Monday adopt
ed the retirees' method for calculating dam
ages, which amounted to $284 million.
Xerox said.
Last year, Herndon ruled that Xerox incor
rectly calculated payments for retiring
employees who chose to receive pension
benefits in a single payment rather than
monthly checks. The retirees received lower
payments than they would have been due
under federal pension-benefits regulations,
he ruled.
The class action lawsuit affects about
13,000 Xerox retirees, according to their
attorneys, Stephen Katz and Doug Sprong.
They said the "vast majority" will receive
additional benefits.
The payment may require Xerox to make
additional contributions to the retirement
plan based on a potential shortfall, the com
pany said.
Scientific achievements
hailed at lg Nobel ceremony
BOSTON (AP) — The definitive study on
bellybutton lint, a dog-to-person transla
tion device and an inquiry into what
arouses ostriches were recognized
Thursday with lg Nobel prizes for dubious
contributions to science and cocktail-party
conversations everywhere.
The lg Nobel Prizes, awarded annually at
Harvard University as a spoof of the Nobel
ceremony, recognize achievements that
"cannot or should not be reproduced."
"It's a great honor. It introduces people
studio
to the idea that science is fun, sai
Kruszelnicki, a University of a
researcher who wrote the paper on
button lint.
Kruszelnicki, at his own ex P ense ’ h rl .k
bellybutton lint samples sent to 1 .
5,000 people. He concluded the in
combination of clothing fibers and s i ^
that are led to the navel, via body 3 '
all roads lead to Rome."
"Your typical generator of u
or fluff is a slightly overweight,
aged male with a hairy ab o
Kruszelnicki said. m{(1 i
A potentially more practical acl11 ® ^
is a Japanese device that measures ^
of a dog's bark and relays his m °°'j all
device is on the market in Japan,
English version, called Bow-Lingua,
be ready in about a year. ,
British scientists were h ° nor , w#
research that found that ostriches
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Known for
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