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Dow Jones: "Google Acquires Apple" News Story Was "Error"

posted by takyon on Wednesday October 11 2017, @11:38PM   Printer-friendly
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MrPlow writes:

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The Dow Jones newswire accidentally published a fake story about Google buying Apple:

A bombshell appeared on the Dow Jones financial newswire on Tuesday: "Google to buy Apple for $9bn".

But the story, that the acquisition had been suggested in the will of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was bogus. It was removed after two minutes, though Apple's shares did briefly rise in value. Dow Jones said the news appeared as the result of a "technical error" and should be ignored.

The unintentionally published fake news described the acquisition as "a surprise move to everyone who is alive" and quoted Google employees as saying "Yay". It also stated that Google would move into "Apple's fancy headquarters".

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:35AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:35AM (#580875)

    The real offer was 9 trillion dollars... in wizards gold

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:38AM (2 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:38AM (#581003) Journal

    No, it was 9 billion bitcoins.

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @04:47AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @04:47AM (#582184)

      That just conjured up an image of Dr. Evil demanding more money than existed globally. Perhaps rather than purchase Apple, they should take it at the point of sharks with lasers on their heads. Those frickin' lasers will surely scare the stockholders into handing it over.

      • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday October 14 2017, @05:41AM

        by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday October 14 2017, @05:41AM (#582194) Journal

        It's not a problem because in takeovers, true money rarely is used. Normally the value is paid in stocks. And there's no fundamental reason why the stocks should not be "worth" more than the total money supply. It's not as if their trade value wouldn't drop if you tried to sell a substantial amount of them.

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