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It's a bit Bond/cyberpunk-esque, but one could imagine a scenario where an evil villain could short a company's stock and then kill off 20 extremely valuable em
by mootothemax 13y ago
It's a bit Bond/cyberpunk-esque, but one could imagine a scenario where an evil villain could short a company's stock and then kill off 20 extremely valuable employees of said company
When was the last time you heard of 20 employees of a company being murdered?
To do so by killing 220+ other people makes such a theory even more absurd.
- jzwinck 13y agoIt happened to 13 separate companies on September 11, 2001 (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/twintowers/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/twintowers/). It was sort of not targeted at those companies, but on the other hand it sort of was. And it certainly had huge market impact.
- mootothemax 13y agoIt happened to 13 separate companies on September 11, 2001 (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/twintowers/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/twintowers/). It was sort of not targeted at those companies, but on the other hand it sort of was. And it certainly had huge market impact. I knew I should have specified something along the lines of "and as part of a criminal fraud or theft or deliberate talent destroying act, or..." As you say, the sole purpose of 9/11 wasn't to target those specific companies.
- appplemac 13y agoYeah, 10th of April 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polish_Air_Force_Tu-154_crash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polish_Air_Force_Tu-154_cr...
- mootothemax 13y agoYeah, 10th of April 2010. [2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash wikipedia link] You'll need to explain that one for me. Right now, it sounds awfully like you're trying to pin a story on an accepted tragedy. (for me at least...)
- brohee 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Karachi_bus_bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Karachi_bus_bombing could qualify (a bit short of the 20 casualties, but not for lack of trying).