(In Bangladesh, the government warned broadcasters not to air footage that could create panic or disorder, essentially halting news programming on the protests).
At 2 08 p.m., with shares up more than 7percentt for the day, trading was halted pending news — news that finally came shortly before 3 30.
Bloomberg reports that the South Korea government will halt new U.S. beef imports after Tuesday's news.
Eventually, the funeral was halted, Italian news media reported.
PacifiCare's shares were halted for news and last traded at $32.63, down 88 cents.
Trading in her company's stock, which has plunged and rebounded several times since the investigation into her ImClone trade began, was halted as news of the verdict spread, but when it resumed a few minutes later the share price fell more than 22percentt.
Regeneron shares were down 2.5% in afternoon trading before they were halted pending news.
Blatter halted the news conference after Brodkin - whose stage name is Lee Nelson - threw fake banknotes at him.
Press releases halted, nonessential news slowed to a crawl, and even my TechCrunch colleagues had a hard time talking about anything but guns and violence.
It's about time some clamor was raised over the problem of noise in New York's subway tunnels ("Screeching Won't Come to Halt," news article, May 26).
Despite the work stoppage, flights took off and landed on schedule at most airports as air traffic controllers reported to work; only in Calcutta did service at the airport come to a halt, news agencies reported.
