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Circuit breakers, designed to protect market, would halt stocks in the event of a huge plunge

canadianbusiness.com
10-Oct-2008
        
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NEW YORK (AP) - As harrowing as the stock market's plunges have been in recent days, they still haven't been enough to trigger the "circuit breaker" mechanisms that result in an automatic timeout in trading. The Big Board implemented the automatic halts after the stock market crashed in the late 1980s to force traders to take a break from... [read full story]                    

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NEW YORK - As harrowing as North American stock market plunges have been in recent days, they still haven't been enough to trigger the "circuit breaker" mechanisms that result in an automatic timeout in trading. New York's Big...

                   

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What it would take to trigger a U.S. stock market timeout

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NEW YORK — As harrowing as the U.S. stock market's plunges have been in recent days, they still haven't been enough to trigger the “circuit breaker” mechanisms that result in an automatic timeout in trading. The Big Board...

                   

What it would take to trigger a U.S. stock market timeout

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NEW YORK - As harrowing as the U.S. stock market's plunges have been in recent days, they still haven't been enough to trigger the "circuit breaker" mechanisms that result in an automatic timeout in trading.

                   

What it would take to trigger stock market timeouts in Canada and the U.S.

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NEW YORK - As harrowing as North American stock market plunges have been in recent days, they still haven't been enough to trigger the "circuit breaker" mechanisms that result in an automatic timeout in trading.