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CME Group OKs 5-for-1 Stock Split (CME, ICE)

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 7:31 am

After markets closed last night, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) announced a 5-for-1 stock split which will be accomplished as a 400% stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on ...
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Zynga Halted Following Delay in Facebook IPO

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 12:54 pm

Shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) were halted shortly afterFacebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) launched this morning as the delayed opening caused the game-maker’s shareholders to run away from the stock ...
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CBOE Heads To China, Sort Of

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:31 am

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that the Chicago Board Options Exchange has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Financial Futures Exchange.  The MOU is meant to establish ...
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BATS Volume Gains Despite IPO SNAFU

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 8:40 am

BATS Global Markets was the worst of the worst of botched initial public offerings in recent financial history.  How bad is it when an exchange cannot adequately handle its own ...
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NASDAQ Joins NYSE & CME In Paying Dividends, Finally (NDAQ, NYX, CME, CBOE, ICE)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 6:55 am

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is finally going to start paying out a cash dividend to its shareholders.  The company announced its plans to initiate a quarterly cash ...
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Splunk Underwriters Did Huge Disservice (SPLK, MS, CS, JPM, BAC)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:35 am

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was touted as a hot IPO but became a sizzling hot IPO. The company priced 13.5 million shares at $17.00 per share, but this was a premium ...
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Facebook Opts For NASDAQ IPO & Listing Over NYSE (FB, NDAQ, NYX)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 2:09 pm

CNBC has reported that Facebook is choosing to list on the NASDAQ rather than on the NYSE.  The move seems a better fit considering the history of technology and internet ...
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Hitachi Bids Farewell to NYSE (HIT)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 6:46 am

Japanese conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) has announced that it plans to de-list the company’s ADS on the New York Stock Exchange. The company will file for the voluntary de-listing ...
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BATS Supports But Demotes CEO After IPO SNAFU

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 8:48 am

BATS Global Markets, Inc. sent out a press release last night to the media that sounds as though it is a passing of a vote of confidence.  It is actually ...
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BATS… When An Exchange Cannot Even IPO Its Own Stock (BATS)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 4:05 pm

BATS Global Markets, Inc. is facing the ultimate embarrassment over its initial public offering of its own exchange.  While touting itself as an alternative to NASDAQ and to the NYSE. ...
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BATS IPO To Heat Up Public Exchange Competition (NYX, NDAQ, CBOE)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 10:41 am

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX), NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) are all about to have yet one more public exchange competing against them for the ...
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Teva Tries NASDAQ & NYSE Exchange Hat Trick (TEVA)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 9:47 am

This is obnoxious when companies do this.  Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) is trying the hat trick where it changes exchange listings.  Now the company plans to transfer the ...
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Bracing For BATS IPO This Week (BATS, NYX, NDAQ, CBOE)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm

A new exchange is coming to the world of public stock and financial market exchanges this week.  The initial public offering for BATS Global Markets is going to be highly ...
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Economy Killer: $6 Trillion In Fake Treasury Bonds? Gold Next?

Posted: February 17, 2012 at 10:10 am

If you want to know about bizarre versions counterfeit, this one takes the cake.  A report out of Switzerland note that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutors ordered a seizure in Switzerland of... get this.. ...
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CME Lowers Energy & Metals Margin Trading Requirements (CME, GLD, USO, SLV, JJC)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 5:37 pm

CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, ...
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