During today’s trading, a series of stories showed up on the Dow Jones newswire reporting that Google was buying Apple for a tidy $9 billion. Apparently, a technical glitch caused the fake news.
Google and Facebook are not the only ones spreading fake news these days. The phenomena has now hit the Dow Jones newswire, courtesy of a « technical error. »
Earlier today, stories started showing up on the business news service that tech giant Google was buying even bigger tech giant Apple for a rather paltry $9 billion. Needless to say, the stories turned a few heads, particularly with headlines like « Google Says Yay » and « Google Says Steve Jobs Suggested This in His Will. » Stories also claimed the deal was supposed to close tomorrow, and part of the deal was Google taking over Apple’s new headquarters.
Dow Jones issued a mea culpa soon after:
Despite the fact that the stories were obviously fake, Apple stock quickly jumped to $2 to around the $158 level. After the Dow Jones statement, shares are now back to the normal $156 price from before the bogus news hit.
Source: 9to5Mac | 2nd Image: Trader 53 Twitter
