Dow Jones posts fake story claiming Google was buying Apple
by Timothy B. Lee from Ars Technica - All content on (#34P1Q)
Enlarge / The Steve Jobs auditorium on Apple's new campus. The fake news story said Google employees would be moving into Apple's headquarters.
The Dow Jones newswire rattled markets on Tuesday by publishing a clearly fake story claiming that Google was buying Apple. The story claimed that Apple founder Steve Jobs put the purchase price-an absurdly small $9 billion-in his will.
Dow Jones blamed a "technical error" and quickly retracted the story.
"Please disregard the headlines that ran on Dow Jones Newswires between 9:34 am ET and 9:36 am ET," the news wire said in a statement.
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