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COPYRIGHT 2001 Daily News
Byline: Judith Schoolman
Jun. 9--The Big Board came to a screeching halt for almost an hour and a half yesterday as computer glitches forced New York Stock Exchange executives to temporarily halt all buying and selling.
Traders roamed as an uneasy quiet dominated the usually hyperactive exchange floor as a premature closing bell was rung about 10:10 a.m. Meanwhile, computer whizzes tried to untangle messes in software that had been installed Thursday night.
"No hardware company or software company" was to blame, NYSE chairman Richard Grasso said late yesterday. "It...
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