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farewell, new york stock exchange!....nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Feb 15 '11, 06:41

we hardly knew ye

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??? -- nm - budice Feb 15, 06:46 23
- bought out by the deutsch bourse. board of directors will be majority german....nm - x Feb 15, 06:48 22
  - You could always take over the world's smallest stock exchange, in Laos. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 15, 06:55 6
    - and by one, I mean two. -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 06:55 5
      - It only opened a couple of weeks ago - give them a break! -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 06:57 4
        
        they've had a *month*. Time to step it up! -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 07:00 3
        
        A month in a communist country! They're doing well to have more than zero -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 07:07 2
        
        maybe they can get Cantor to run it for them. that should help them expand -- nm - zork Feb 15, 07:11 1
        
        needs more Orange -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 07:20
  - has ST discussed the merger between the toronto and london exchange providers? -- nm - zork Feb 15, 06:53 14
    - yeah, it's gotten kicked around. mostly i think this is only natural--these markets really aren't... - x Feb 15, 06:59 13
      - A stock exchange is a bit like an airline - having one makes you a "real" country. -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 07:13
      - that's how i've been leaning too. i'm getting to the point where i don't care which rich asshole gets my money next time i buy a car - zork Feb 15, 07:04 2
        
        the reality of global supply chains means essentially that all sorts of aholes all over the world will get your money anyhow.... - x Feb 15, 07:07 1
        
        exactly plus if the company doesn't have an assembly plant here now they might by the time i need a new car anyway. of course all the other crap we bu - zork Feb 15, 07:09
      - and money never sleeps -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 07:03
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        right. i think the legal questions are where the problems lie. and the law is many steps behind reality at this point, i think....nm - x Feb 15, 07:08 6
        
        is it only a matter of time until there is a movement towards a supra-national financial regulatory mechanism? The SEC goes global? - znufrii Feb 15, 07:17 5
        
        i would expect global corporations, most people and their elected representatives to resist this sort of one world-ism to the hilt.... - x Feb 15, 07:24 1
        
        yeah, that's what I thought too... - znufrii Feb 15, 07:52
        
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        Well I've certainly never claimed to be the expert here, which is why I'm asking questions. - znufrii Feb 15, 07:32 1
        
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