06/17/2010 02:02:00 PM EST
NYSE halts trading of Washington Post shares
WASHINGTON-(AP) The New York Stock Exchange halted trading in Washington Post Co. shares Wednesday under a new system of market curbs, after the stock doubled in price in apparently erroneous trades.
It was the first day that new "circuit breakers" put in place last week, designed to prevent a repeat of…
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