Reply #11: How is Tokyo going to effect Wall Street? [View All]

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Selling stampede shuts Tokyo stock market
Capacity constraints trigger closure of world's second biggest bourse

Updated: 3:38 a.m. ET Jan. 18, 2006
TOKYO - A stampede of sell orders forced the shut-down of the world’s second-biggest stock exchange on Wednesday as investors fled the Tokyo market, spooked by fall-out from an investigation into Internet company Livedoor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange, where shares were down more than 4 percent at one point, suspended trading 20 minutes before the normal closing time after the number of trades threatened to exceed its computer system’s capacity of 4.5 million per day.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10900819/