The Biggest Mistakes In History Actually Cost a Fortune

A Simple Typo At the Stock Market

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Always proofread twice before sending some data! Unfortunately, the company J-Com learned it the hard way in 2005 when instead of listing its shares at 610,000 yen each, they listed 610,000 shares for 1 yen each! It cost the brokerage firm to $225 million buy back and fix that typo!

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