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Electronic trading dominates market volume these days.
It is thought that more than 50% of all stock trading volume and more than 80% of CME Group volume comes from trades completed on the screen.
But Craig Donohue, executive chairman at The Options Clearing Corporation who was CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange when electronic trading became all the rage, says there are some markets where electronic trading probably wouldn't work.
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Adjusting to low prices, again
A police officer working for the local transit authority in Washington, D.C., was arrested recently for charges stemming from his alleged involvement with the Islamic State militant group, ABC News reported Wednesday. The veteran officer assigned to the Metro Transit Police Department was identified by CNN as Nicholas Young, and he has been charged with "trying to assist ISIS operatives find more ways to communicate in secret," ABC News reported.
Enschede zet ‘verbindings- managers’ in voor professionele ondersteuning van én samenwerking tussen sportclubs. Hoe zinvol is dat?
Western Cape electoral officer Courtney Sampson slammed political parties in the Western Cape for the behaviour of their members.
Читать дальше...LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Islamic State group's newspaper identifies a new leader of the group's West Africa Province, popularly known as Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists, who promises not to attack mosques or markets used by Muslims.
Directors left in the dark despite Lévy being told before key board meeting
DA ward candidate Angus Mackenzie has opened a case of assault after he was pelted with rocks and stones while campaigning in Bonteheuwel.
Читать дальше...Switzerland's application for EU membership submitted in 1992 needed to be withdrawn a long time ago, as it was a mistake, a lawmaker from the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) told Sputnik Wednesday.
The nuclear deal reached by the international community with Iran is worse than anticipated, US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said in a statement commenting on reports that the US government transferred $400 million to Tehran in exchange for the release of four Americans.
As editor-in-chief and cofounder of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington's status as a media mogul is well established.
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Getting to carry your nation's flag into the arena during the opening ceremony during the Olympics has regularly been seen as one of the highest honors, and now, America's greatest Olympian will have that honor.
Michael Phelps will finally walk in the Opening Ceremony after skipping the last 3 to rest up for the 400m individual medley, which takes place the following day.
According to ESPN, Phelps wants to do it because, "this time around, it's about so much more than medals."
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Donald Trump's behavior over the last week has been "very self-destructive" to his campaign, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday, comparing the Republican nominee to a Hall of Fame quarterback who is in the midst of an interception-throwing slump. "Trump is still behaving like as though it was the primaries and there were 17 candidates. He has not made the transition to being the potential president of the United States, which is a much tougher league," Gingrich said in an interview... Читать дальше...
While the idea of summer camps may bring to mind roasting S'mores and swimming exercises, Palestinian youth living under Hamas have a very different experience.
Читать дальше...July was a record month for Lyft, which performed 13.9 million rides, according to a letter that Recode obtained.
Rubicon Project Inc.'s stock plunged 32% in active morning trade Wednesday, putting on track for the biggest one-day drop since it went public in November 2013, after the cloud-based advertising exchange's downbeat profit outlook prompted multiple analyst downgrades. Volume was about 4 million shares, or already nearly eight times the full-day average. RBC Capital analyst Andrew Bruckner cut his rating to sector perform, after being at outperform since May 2014. "We were on the wrong side of this one," Bruckner wrote in a note to clients. Читать дальше...
Exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange Inc. logged bigger-than-expected increases in profit and revenue for the second quarter as the company continues to reap the benefits of recent acquisitions and as trading volume picked up.
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EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A new study has identified the driving force behind the worsening plight of large predators -- the loss of prey species around the world.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey has found that U.S. services companies expanded more gradually in July, with job gains slowing in a key gauge of economic growth.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey has found that U.S. services companies expanded more gradually in July, with job gains slowing in a key gauge of economic growth.
Donald Trump's national campaign spokeswoman says her "timeline" was off she suggested President Obama and Hillary Clinton were somehow to blame for the death of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died in Iraq when George W. Bush was commander in chief.
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Sorry, New England: You won’t find the happiest homeowners in your neck of the woods, according to the results from HomeAdvisor’s nationwide study, released Monday.
The nation’s happiest homeowners live in states like California, Oregon and Washington, the home services site found.
HomeAdvisor surveyed nearly 18,000 homeowners representing 39 states and 36 designated marketing areas from March 14 through April 22. According to HomeAdvisor’s site, “a regional grade... Читать дальше...