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It was embarrassing. We feel terrible about it. But the steps that were taken, I believe, were taken at the right pace and the right actions were taken. The firm is responsible. We take responsibility. There’s no outside influence here.

Bats Global Markets CEO and President Joe Ratterman • Discussing the company's utterly embarrassing attempt at an IPO on Friday, which was, in a rare incident, cancelled at the last second. That's because the company's computers went haywire, so much so that it led to a halt in trading at the much larger Apple. Despite the incident, Ratterman downplayed what happened: “We’ve had historically very few instances where our systems have gone down, but they have gone down in different ways in the past like every other venue," he said. "I don’t think this is anything new as much as it was under a bright spotlight.” When was the last time you had to cancel an IPO because you broke another company's stock?

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That sucks: Equities-trading firm has worst day ever, withdraws its IPO

success Bats Global Markets Inc (BATS), a global trading firm founded in 2005 that specializes in equity exchanges, has grown quickly, taking 11 percent of the global equity market's volume. Its quick growth led to its IPO on Friday.

failure However, the company's IPO was cancelled after glitches in their own computers caused their stock to stop trading, causing a mini flash crash that at one point put the company's stock at less than a penny. Sucks to be them. source

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