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• BATS Trading Receives National Securities Exchange Green Light From SEC

  BATS Trading Inc. has been given the green light by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a registered national securities exchange. In the relatively short period of ...

• Analysts Fear That U.S. Market Has Not Yet Bottomed-Out

  While the decrease in oil prices has to some extent soothed concerns about inflation, the U.S. market remains volatile and trading volumes continue to be disappointing. Investors and ...

• NASDAQ Issues Non-Compliance Warnings

  During the past week a number of companies received notifications from NASDAQ’s Listing Qualifications division relating to various aspects of non-compliance with regard to minimum stock ...

• Olympic Games Fail to Boost China’s Embattled Stock Market

  In 2001 when Beijing was awarded the privilege of hosting the Olympic Games there was no doubt in anyone’s minds that, with the eyes of the world upon them, China’s authorities would go to ...

• Chinese Infrastructure Investment Corp Joins NASDAQ

  In an exciting new step that was no doubt inevitable, CIIV (China Infrastructure Investment Corporation) began trading on the NASDAQ National Capital Market on August 12. Their chosen new ...

• Investors Attracted to U.S. Stock Market

  Many asset management companies are adjusting their client’s portfolios to get the best out of the current trend which sees the U.S. stock market outperforming the global market for the ...

• Branson Launches Campaign against Proposed BA/Iberia Merger

  The initial rumblings of Virgin Atlantic Airways against the proposed “merger between equals” of British Airways and Iberia Airlines, is growing into a thunderstorm as high profile owner of ...

• Financial Sector Continues To Cause Concern

  Persistent concerns over the state of the financial sector, rising unemployment and mediocre retail sales are cited as some of the reasons for the 225 point decline in the Dow Jones ...

• Nasdaq OMX Release Impressive Second Quarter Results

  On Wednesday, Nasdaq OMX Group released better than expected results for the second quarter with an 81 percent increase in quarterly profit. This, together with the news that management are ...

• Transaction Processing Reduced To Microseconds

  In the fast-moving 21st century world of technology, what is considered state-of-the-art today could be redundant tomorrow. Information technology has dramatically altered the way many ...

• British Airways and Iberia Propose “Merger Between Equals”

  British Airways and Iberia Airlines have plans to enter into an all-share merger agreement which will form the third-largest carrier group in terms of revenue, while at the same time ...

• Changing Trends and Threat to Market Share Prompts London Stock Exchange to Adjust Tariffs

  World-wide stock markets have been on a roller-coaster ride for some time now and, as has been the case for stock exchanges all over, the London Stock Exchange has had its fair share of ...