XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.politics.british   
   From: stephen.glynn@ntlworld.com   
      
   banana wrote:   
   > In article , Stephen Glynn   
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   >>Hognoxious wrote:   
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   >>> wrote in message   
   >>>news:1131824597.598160.181330@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
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   >>Even if, as banana suggests, they were to attack the Paris Bourse it   
   >>wouldn't likely have much effect; I'd be absolutely astonished if the   
   >>French stock exchange haven't emulated their colleagues in London and   
   >>arranged back-up electronic trading and share-dealing facilities.   
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   > I'm sure they do have a similar backup (whether it was in emulation of   
   > London's, I don't know), and also the Paris stock exchange isn't as   
   > important in France as the London one is in the UK.   
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   > But...well the riots have already been blamed for affecting the exchange   
   > rate of the euro against the US dollar.   
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   >>Certainly if the London stock exchange is closed for any reason --   
   >>terrorist attack, fire or whatever -- someone flicks a few switches and   
   >>the dealing continues on back-up computers and servers located elsewhere   
   >>in London.   
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   > Any idea where?   
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   > This did actually happen on 911, when the London stock exchange was   
   > evacuated and trading continued at the 'alternate site'.   
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   There's no one specific place; the back-up servers and telecoms   
   equipment are located wherever individual dealers and companies have   
   decided to locate their individual back-up facilities and alternative   
   dealing rooms.   
      
   Steve   
      
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