Will a circuit breaker cause a halt in trading on NYSE on or before Sept 1,2008?

All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source...trading must be halted as a result of a drop in DJIA...some glitch does not count

Suspend date: last Monday 6:59am PDT

Settlement date: last Monday 2:23pm PDT

Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 29th Aug 12:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 15%

Action history:

Created Tue 18th Mar 6pm PDT by pics4d

Edited Fri 11th Apr 1:48pm PDT by andrew

Suspended last Saturday 4:08am PDT by bayoubear: Since trading has ended on August 29 and won't reopen until September 2, this question should be suspended. There will be no more trading to be 'halted' for any reason before 9/1/08

Settled as 'No' last Monday 2:23pm PDT by bayoubear: There has been no instance of a halt in trading due to a circuit breaker problem, or indeed, any other reason.

Suspension date reset to 4 PM Friday, as that is when trading on the NYSE ended.

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