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A typing error caused <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuho_Securities_Co.,_Ltd.">Mizuho Securities</A> to lose at least 27 billion yen ($225 million) on a stock trade in December 2005. The trouble began when a trader tried to sell 610,000 shares at 1 yen (less than a penny) apiece instead of 1 share of 610,000 yen ($5,041).</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2008/01/16/worst-typing-error-in-history/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4338835.stm">Typing error causes nuclear scare</A>
The Sudanese government had a nasty shock in March 2005, when it read on a US Congress website that the Americans had conducted nuclear tests in the country. The report should have said Sedan, a test site in the US state of Nevada.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.dreamhosters.com/2008/01/16/worst-typing-error-in-history/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/10/orbiter.02/">Human error caused loss of Mars orbiter</A>
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