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Ultra-Fast Computers Corner Stock Market

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 24, 2009 2:52 AM CDT

(Newser) – Traders using high-speed computers are making billions of dollars and leaving the rest of the stock market in the dust, the New York Times reports. "High-frequency" traders, who use algorithms to make millions of trades in microseconds, have helped big banks and hedge funds... Read full story »

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