Bug #37284 closed:unresolved

calculation error

Reported by Anonymous on Jul 19, 2012

This bug appeared in a news report published by Tech in Asia on Jul 19, 2012 by Steven Millward. View the original news report.

Bug Type: Faulty Statistics or Math

Tencent is listed in HK so market cap is in HKD. This article uses the RMB exchange rate to put the market cap at US$66bn instead of US$55bn

Response

Jul 19, 2012 11:45 pm Open

Anonymous

Jul 20, 2012 3:24 pm Open: Under Discussion

Jul 20, 2012 3:24 pm Open: Responded To

Sep 19, 2012 9:01 am Closed: Unresolved

admin

Rick Martin said:

Thanks. Indeed this was a calculation error by the author, using RMB instead of HKD. We've posted a correction.