The stock's oscillation pattern had become a running joke among brokers and the subject of several skeptical articles in the local press.

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We don't even test with stock headphones anymore, they're almost always a joke.

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There is, however, at least one casualty: The favorite joke of Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange.

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