Wall Street, feds plan for global ‘avian flu pandemic,’ experts say

This fall, Wall Street and the U.S. Department of Treasury organized an international “avian flu outbreak” simulation. The drill – which lasted for three weeks and started in early October – took 1,800 companies through scenarios which simulated what would happen to them if a massive outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu struck trading floors on Wall Street, or on the bourses of Singapore and other, emerging markets.