Osama bin Laden and those managing his multimillion-dollar fortune are sophisticated enough to have possibly profited in the markets from last week's attacks, U.S. experts said Monday.

September 18, 2001 8:48 AM

Osama bin Laden and those managing his multimillion-dollar fortune are sophisticated enough to have possibly profited in the markets from last week's attacks, U.S. experts said Monday.
posted by preguicoso (5 comments total)

die hard?
posted by kliuless at 9:01 AM on September 18, 2001

Another story on the same topic in today's SF Chronicle, regarding heavy "put" and "short selling" orders of United and American Airlines in the days before the attack.
posted by msacheson at 9:07 AM on September 18, 2001

Stop posting redundance.
posted by HoldenCaulfield at 9:23 AM on September 18, 2001

Stop posting redundance.
posted by msacheson at 9:30 AM on September 18, 2001

ahem.

However, upon further inspection, MSNBC has updated the original story (which used to say bin Laden may have profited from the attacks), and now says there is no evidence of bin Laden windfall.

MeFi'ers, again, are ahead of the game.
posted by kpett at 9:44 AM on September 18, 2001