Will Mir Crash on Wall Street? Will Boxmakers Care？

摘要

Just as the Russians left the Mir space station to sputter out and crash into the earth last March, Wall Street did the same when it abruptly jumped ship from the dot.coms, leaving them to spiral into Internet oblivion. On Monday, March 12, Wall Street had its worst day since 1993, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipping below the 10,000 level. NASDAQ following suit soon after, dropping by 51.56 points on March 14.