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128:(Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam), "Where a member has executed an Erroneous trade, he will have a maximum of 30 minutes from the time of execution within which he may contact Market Services to request an invalidation".
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813:"ArminS vs BNP Paribas - 152m EUR risk management affair"
769:"BNP Paribas failed to book trades in Germany for a week"
656:$ 617 Billion in Japan Stock Orders Scrapped After Error.
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