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NYSE to open Friday despite power outage - spokeswoman
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| 08-15-03
Posted on 08/14/2003 8:44:44 PM PDT by Brian S
NEW YORK (AFX) - The world's biggest stock exchange will open for trading Friday even if officials have to crank up back-up emergency power generators, a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) spokeswoman said.
The exchange, which processes more than 1.3 bln share deals on an average day, can fully function on its back-up generators, she said.
The exchange oversees some 35 bln dollars worth of transactions each day, and is due to open for business at 9:30 am (1330 GMT).
New York city was left without electricity in Thursday's sudden power outage and remained blacked out late into the evening, along with several northeast US states as well as parts of Canada.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2003blackout; blackout; blackout2003; nyse; poweroutage
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:44:44 PM PDT
by
Brian S
To: Brian S
Toronto stock exchange planning to open Friday at usual time
TORONTO (AFX) - The Toronto stock exchange will open Friday at the usual time of 9:30 am "with battery power if necessary," it announced late Thursday in a statement.
Toronto was left without electricity in Thursday's sudden outage, and remained blacked out late into the evening, along with part of Ontario province and several northeast US states, as well as New York city.
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:45:43 PM PDT
by
Brian S
To: Brian S
Always thought those stock brokers ran on crank.
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:49:10 PM PDT
by
POGIFFMOO
(illegitimi non carborundum)
To: POGIFFMOO
Always thought those stock brokers ran on crank. Check their teeth, that is always a dead 'give-away'...rotten and grounded down to "stubs". ;)
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:55:17 PM PDT
by
Brian S
To: Brian S
That means I might be one of the only people working in Manhattan tomorrow since I don't have an excuse (I live just a few blocks from my office).
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:03:17 PM PDT
by
Texas_Dawg
(Willie Green settin' it down for Californ-I-A.)
To: Texas_Dawg
Well then, do your duty, show up and make the rest of America "proud"!!!
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:10:51 PM PDT
by
Brian S
To: Brian S
Well then, do your duty, show up and make the rest of America "proud"!!! Haha. OK. ;-)
I may be the only one here out of my group but I'll try to hold down the fort. Tomorrow will be a very risky trading day, but if we play it right we can make some big bucks. This city is really eerie right now. They better get the power back on soon because another night like this is going to be really bad. The looting can't be too much farther around the corner. People are all over the streets with nothing to do right now.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:20:58 PM PDT
by
Texas_Dawg
(Willie Green settin' it down for Californ-I-A.)
To: Brian S
Big sell on energy stocks I would think. look out for a down day.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:28:15 PM PDT
by
Brimack34
To: Brimack34
Big sell on energy stocks I would think. look out for a down day.Guess my whale oil futures might finally pay off.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:36:05 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(What is the right amount of clothing to take on a three hour tour???)
To: Texas_Dawg
I bought over $20K in Home Depot stock Today(Wed), I hope this does not knock it down too much. Hopefully they will make up for it in generator sales.
To: Brian S
Does NY have electricity yet??
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