The Dismantling of a Dot-Com
A short story about the dotcom rise and fail, told entirely through emails from a publicist.
The Dismantling of a Dot-Com, or the 28 Days of Tara Billings
In the most volatile day in history for U.S. stocks, the Dow Jones industrial average and the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index both plunged more than 500 points before recovering during the last two hours of trading. By the end of the day, weary traders leaned against the walls of the New York Stock Exchange, smoking cigarettes and spouting superlatives in a drizzling rain. “It was absolute madness,” said Robert E. Lee, a commission broker with M & J Securities. — Chicago Tribune, April 5, 2000