10 of the Most Expensive Mistakes in Human History

2 – Stock Market Typo

10 of the Most Expensive Mistakes in Human History

How expensive can a typo be? When it comes to the Japanese stock market…very! Rather than listing a share with a value of 610,000 yen, one hapless trader listed 610,000 shares at a price of 1 yen each. This resulted in the company losing around $225 million dollars as the orders placed were still processed as 100% legit.

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