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  • On May 6, a freak out over Greece's economic future and a possible sell-order typo led the stock market to plummet nearly 1,000 points.

    How Elena Kagan saved New York 2010

  • I would think there's a day's lag between order and sale, so if Durbin sold the day after talking to Paulson and Bernanke, he placed the sell-order the day he talked.

    Bill Baar's West Side 2009

  • "There is still no momentum to go up and it's easier to get a sell-order than a buy-order.

    China, Hong Kong Climb, Led by Banking Shares 2009

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