TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs writes Monday that there were three major stocks were trading was halted last week, but no one knew about it because too many business journalists were busy covering the launch of the iPhone.
“Meanwhile … on Thursday, amid all the clatter, shares of three companies including AT&T and well over 50 million shares in total were halted for most of the morning. The other companies were Wyeth and Jefferies — no obscure slouches on the pink sheets, mind you.
“Didn’t hear about it?
“Well, neither did most investors … who were too busy reading ‘iWant’ coverage with human-interest angles about those willing to leave the children they did not already auction off to raise funds with total strangers so they could spend a night listening to their iPods on a lawn chair, waiting for their iPhone.”
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