By John Gruber
Lex.Games: Free daily word games from Lex Friedman. Not the weird Elon stan;
the real Lex Friedman.
False press release in 2000 forged by former employee and issued via a wire service the company had never before used. The hoax PR caused Emulex to lose 62 percent of its market cap in 16 minutes of trading. (Thanks to reader Charlie Loyd.)
★ Tuesday, 22 May 2007