NASDAQ to pay $10m penalty for Facebook gaffe

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IT glitch and a 'series of ill-fated decisions' led to major issues, says SEC

The NASDAQ stock exchange has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with violating security laws as a result of its "poor systems and decision making" during the initial p...

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