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
