“We continue to work on restoring full access and sincerely apologize to our clients who were inconvenienced,” spokesman John Woerth wrote in an email.
Woerth said the technical issues were unrelated to heavy volume on the site on a day when U.S. stocks tumbled the most since February.
Goldman Sachs, which is “shopping for needle-moving acquisition,” held takeover talks with Northern Trust early this year nearly clinched $6B deal.
