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Nasdaq may have inside track for Facebook
In the rush of Facebook IPO news, many media outlets noted that the initial prospectus did not mention where the stock will be traded.
That decision may not be made for a while, and Facebook will no doubt hear some pretty amazing pitches from NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX. Heck, it might even h
NSA, FBI helps bank against hackers
Help is on the way for U.S. banks, which are perennially under attack by cyber criminals. No less than the National Security Agency (NSA) has begun assisting banks by providing intelligence about
Boards weak on info security
Does your board need a security overhaul? The extent to which boards are owning up to the risk management challenge at their companies has been an issue as of late, as more boards ponder whether they
Burstream, NovaSparks tech lowers latency at top exchanges
Earlier this year, Burstream had just four employees. But that didn't stop the startup from making some waves in the low-latency access industry. Based on technology from French ticker plant company
Monthly volume falls short of Flash Crash levels
In the wake of the controversy over the downgrade of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor's and the European debt crisis, equity volume surged. For high-frequency traders anyway, the good times seemed to
BATS to offer bulk quoting in the options market
Traders magazine reports that BATS has launched a new feature that points to the future of the options market. It now provides a "bulk quoting" interface that will allow dealers two advantages: It
Deutsche Bourse shareholders approve NYSE Euronext deal
Deutsche Bourse shareholders voted to approve a cross-border merger proposal with NYS Euronext, as more than 80 percent of vote was in favor of the transaction.
This is not a huge surprise. As with the previous NYSE Euronext shareholder vote, the fact that the Nasdaq OMX deal was taken off the
Nasdaq official pleads guilty to insider trading
When inside trading heats up--and it does seem that it goes in cycles--it ensnares a diverse group of criminals. Sure, we always get the usual lawyers, brokers, company execs and the like. But we also get people we wouldn't expect, the the doctors and chemists swept in.
Recall the printers who
SEC hires top economist to critical regulatory post
We've noted before that the chief economist job at the SEC is critical to the regulatory function. So Craig Lewis--who has been tapped as the new chief economist and head of the SEC's Risk, Strategy
Restrictions on short selling LinkedIn stock will be lifted
The LinkedIn IPO has given rise to nostalgic talk of the heady days of the dotcom boom. There was a day when a 175 percent first-day pop was not out of the ordinary.
At a minimum, the LinkedIn deal has many peering into the pipeline. It's where social media giants like FaceBook, Twitter, Group
