Earlier that morning outside the towering glass facade of the Newman Enterprise Group headquarters, the plaza had transformed into a raging sea of media chaos.
Sensing the tremors of a corporate earthquake, dozens of broadcast vans, camera crews, and reporters thronged the security gates. Across the nation, financial networks flashed breaking news banners detailing the catastrophic, unprecedented collapse of Newman Enterprise Group stock, which had plummeted to absolute rock bottom in a single harrowing trading session earlier in the week.
