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2 unusual facts about Stock Exchange


Stock exchange

In 1609, investors led by one Isaac Le Maire formed history's first bear syndicate, but their coordinated trading had only a modest impact in driving down share prices, which tended to be robust throughout the 17th century.

Companies like Pets.com (2000), Enron Corporation (2001), One.Tel (2001), Sunbeam (2001), Webvan (2001), Adelphia (2002), MCI WorldCom (2002), Parmalat (2003), American International Group (2008), Bear Stearns (2008), Lehman Brothers (2008), General Motors (2009) and Satyam Computer Services (2009) were among the most widely scrutinized by the media.


Air pollution in Hong Kong

Merrill Lynch downgraded several Hong Kong property companies because of air quality concerns, and there have been warnings from the head of the Stock Exchange that pollution was scaring investors away.

Bratislava Stock Exchange

Bratislava Stock Exchange (Slovak: Burza cenných papierov v Bratislave, abbr. BSSE, BCPB) is a Stock Exchange in Bratislava, that began its existence on 15 March 1991 according to adjudication of Ministry of Finance of Slovakia in 1990.

EnerNOC

EnerNOC went public in 2007 on the NASDAQ stock exchange at US$26 per share followed by a rally to US$50 per share in spite of reporting two consecutive annual losses.

Kitty Byron

At about 1 pm she sent an express letter by post office messenger from the Lombard Street Post Office to Baker at the Stock Exchange where he worked.

OBB

OTC Bulletin Board, a regulated quotation service for stocks that are not listed on one of the major U.S. stock exchanges.

Sicovam

Sicovam, an acronym for Société Interprofessionnelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières, is both a security identifier system used to identify French securities listed on French stock exchanges, as well as the company set up to assign them.

Stock exchanges of small economies

The Maldives Stock Exchange, is a private sector Stock Exchange in Malé.

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

Complications arise when billionaire Sam Dallas arranges the sale of shares in the enterprise on the stock exchange and right-wing politician Senator A. Harry Hardast objects to his plan.


see also

AIMC

Altra Industrial Motion, a global manufacturer of power transmission products, traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol AIMC

AKAM

Akamai Technologies, which trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol "AKAM"

Al Baraka Banking Group

The company is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai, the group offers retail, corporate and investment banking and treasury services strictly in accordance with the principles of the Shari'a in 12 countries.

Al Maryah Island

The center of the island will be the newly constructed Sowwah Square which will accommodate the new stock exchange of Abu Dhabi as well as several other business towers.

BBY

Best Buy, where BBY is the ticker symbol of Best Buy Co., Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group

The company owns about 90 restaurants and trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol BBRG.

BSE Tower

Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, popularly known as BSE Towers which houses the Bombay Stock Exchange

Capital and Counties

Capital & Counties Properties, a London-focused firm listed on the London Stock Exchange

Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code

If the company's stock is publicly traded, a Chapter 11 filing generally causes it to be delisted from its primary stock exchange if listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ.

China Concepts Stock

Currently, there are China Concepts Stock listed in several major stock exchange around the globe, which includes: SEHK, SGX, NYSENASDAQAMEXLSEEuronextTSE.

Dar Es Salaam Investment Bank

Other major stocks on the Iraq Stock Exchange include Baghdad Soft Drinks Co, Iraqi Tufted Carpets Co, Hader Marble and Altherar Agriculture.

Delhi Stock Exchange Association

The Delhi Stock Exchange is well connected to 50 cities with terminals in North India.

Eric Swanson

Eric J. Swanson is an American lawyer and the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of BATS Global Markets, the third-largest stock exchange in the United States.

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

They were two of the sons of Benjamin Nathan, the Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange, who had been bludgeoned to death the previous night.

George O. May

He led a joint study by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York Stock Exchange that was impetus for the stock exchange requiring its listed firms to undergo independent annual audits.

Grasso

Richard Grasso, chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange

IGBC

Indice General de la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, the principal index of the Colombia stock exchange

Jacques Vert

The company was listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange until 2010, when it was acquired by Sun Capital Partners.

James Cundall

In 2003 James joined International Concert Attractions (ICA) as Managing Director, a publicly listed company on Australia’s stock exchange based in Sydney, where his productions included The Blue Room, The Soweto Gospel Choir, Clive James and Pam Ayres.

JLL

Jones Lang LaSalle, financial and professional services firm speciaizing in real estate listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker "JLL"

Joe Ghartey

He has also been an adjutant lecturer in Corporate Governance at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), He was also an instructor of the Ghana Stock Exchange.

John Grill

He listed WorleyParsons on the Australian Stock Exchange in November 2004 and is the company's largest shareholder.

KLSE

Bursa Malaysia, formerly known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

LCH.Clearnet

LCH.Clearnet clears equity-based trades that are executed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), SIX Swiss Exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe, NYSE Euronext, Bourse de Luxembourg and Equiduct.

Madge Networks

To fuel the company's growth, Madge Networks went public in 1993, offering more than six million shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

MAN SE

Until September 2012 MAN SE was one of the top 30 companies listed on the German stock exchange (DAX).

Maria Borelius

Maria Borelius has been active on several boards of listed companies on the Swedish stock exchange, with a focus on technology companies such as Active Biotech, Sweco and Telelogic, and within academia, such as the Swedish National Science board.

Maruti Suzuki

Clients who have signed up of this service include Gas Authority of India Ltd, DuPont, Reckitt Benckiser, Sona Steering, Doordarshan, Singer India, National Stock Exchange and Transworld.

Mediobanca

In the mid-1950s, Mediobanca entered into agreements with important foreign partners (Lazard Group, Berliner Händel-Gesellschaft, Lehman Brothers, Sofina) that enabled the bank to play a role on the international market and obtained a Stock Exchange listing in 1956.

Mongolian Stock Exchange

Mongolian Stock Exchange sealed a deal with London Stock Exchange Group to modernize the MSE under an agreement to make it in level of world standard.

PGAS

Pegatron Corporation, Luxembourg Stock Exchange symbol PGAS

PSI-20

It is one of the main national indices of the pan-European stock exchange group Euronext alongside Brussels' BEL20, Paris's CAC 40 and Amsterdam's AEX.

Publicly owned

Public company, a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange

R Systems International

It launched its IPO (Initial Public Offering) in March 2006 and is now a public company with shares listed in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange BSE).

Richard Mackney

Along with Claudia Winkleman and Keith Duffy, Mackney was a reporter on ITV1’s short-lived celebrity news show, Celebrity!, hosted by Andi Peters and Penny Smith, and in 2003 became the roving reporter on BBC Three’s live, weekly celebrity stock exchange show, Celebdaq, presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Safika Holdings

He is chairman of the board of the COEGA Development Corporation, Coega, and of The Kelly Group, a human resource and skills provider group listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, JSE,.

Sandip Das

In November 2009, Sandip led the Maxis’s re-listing on the Malaysian Stock Exchange (Bursa Malaysia) in what was Southeast Asia’s biggest IPO worth over US$3 billion.

SASE

Sarajevo Stock Exchange, a stock exchange which operates in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ShareScope

Level 2 data from the London Stock Exchange is also available as an add-on for ShareScope Gold and ShareScope Plus.

Sowwah Square

The island will be developed to a new business district with the new stock exchange (Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ADX) surrounded by four office towers and a hotel tower.

Swn

Southwestern Energy, based on its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange

Think Tools

The Swiss Federal Banking Commission fined Swiss private bank Vontobel CHF 21 million after the Swiss stock exchange alerted the commission to irregularities in Think Tools' IPO, which was underwritten by Vontobel.

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

The first stock exchange in Zimbabwe opened its doors shortly after the arrival of the Pioneer Column in Bulawayo in 1896.