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   Subscribe

 
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


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