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And many traders were not at their desks.
Traders were not about to commit much more money to stocks.
Cairn dropped out of the FTSE 100 earlier this month, but traders were not too troubled by the loss announced today.
The suggestion was that Microsoft might be contemplating a £28 a share bid, but traders were not convinced by the tale, pointing out that the software giant had already been linked this week with video games group Electronic Arts.
The US blue chip index leapt 889 points to 9065, an increase of more than 10%, although most traders were not convinced that amounted to a turning point in the gloom surrounding global markets.
But Enron has had the last laugh: while EnronOnline's fortunes have soared, a consortium of rivals that cobbled together a neutral exchange, the InterContinental Exchange, is bogged down in bureaucratic bickering.Enron's own traders were not themselves without their doubts.
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The music alerted everyone in the branch offices as to why business had stopped and distracted New York traders weren't answering their phones.
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