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April 9, 1996. Dawn is breaking over London. Down by the Thames in Vintners Place, weary technicians, who’ve worked 28 hours non-stop, are coaxing into normality the last of a bunch of temperamental computer feeds. Eight months of planning and a four-day Easter weekend of frenetic activity are about to reach their climax. The trading-room is switched on almost without a hitch. Worldwide, the integration of 28 trading centres of the former Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank passes off smoothly as foreign-exchange dealing starts. |
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