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UIHA7 uas That aiov/e WHERE The LAbV A NVN To Hit>E FCo/w THE KA you AIEAaJ. "Sister act'? ——\f Yeah, Yea ujHo \jAb The' AIA/a/ AcTRES I A/ THAT , UH, UHooPl TjoiT HEP P AND \ , TACque UC AV3WDe 3K- u/iuu hot Au-oa THose Pift-ry CAPlTALKT PlCi-DOejS "Tt> IHVA9C OU« UOSH CANADIAN TUMDfcA' by Josh Darwin 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. NE\i the BATTALIA Convocation Continued from page) “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 Lili Continued from pagel Kiernat. student developK specialist for the Department Residence Life. Students from Texas Ail 1 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.” Q\ Chrit Elections Continued froinpag e ^ nerve-racking." he said. Id 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. 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(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 other wne" THE Bul (bungee bull MSCFil Present} in the theater at 8:30pm Only $1 with ID more amorous with each human is around. In fact, ostriches ally start putting the moves on event humans. The Oldest Mexican Cafe in Downtown Bryan Known for The Biggest Breakfast Tacos in the Brazos Valley Daily Lunch Specials Tam - 5 pm 5 to choose from The place that sells the BEST • Menudo • Barbacoa • Caldo • Enchiladas • Migas Tacos/Plate (ask any of our Hispanic friends) B.Y.O.B. 205 S. 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