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American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
Offices: New York, New York
AMEX has been a pioneer in market
innovation for more than a century
and remains committed to developing
successful new investment products
and innovative services for companies
and investors. As the nation's most
diversified financial marketplace,
the American Stock Exchange conducts
trading through an advanced centralized
specialist system and is committed
to providing a superior marketplace
for the investing public and its
members. |
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
Offices: Chicago, Illinois
As the leading futures exchange
in the United States, Chicago Mercantile
ExchangeŽ (CME) is vital to the
infrastructure of global finance.
Their products—futures and options
on futures contracts—help commercial
enterprises worldwide manage price
risks related to the uncertainties
of supply and demand. From its roots
in the agricultural industry, CME
furthered its reputation for innovation
when it introduced the world's first
financial futures more than 30 years
ago. Today, CME products include
interest rates, stock indexes, foreign
exchange and commodities. |
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998 (DMCA)
Offices: Washington, DC
The Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) was signed into law by
President Clinton on October 28,
1998. The legislation implements
two 1996 World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) treaties: the
WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO
Performances and Phonograms Treaty.
The DMCA also addresses a number
of other significant copyright-related
issues. |
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Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx)
Offices: Hong Kong, China
HKEx is the holding company of The
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited,
Hong Kong Futures Exchange and Hong
Kong Securities Clearing Company.
It brings together the market organizations
which have transformed Hong Kong's
financial services industry from
a domestically focused industry
to the global player it is today.
HKEx went public in June 2000 following
the integration of the securities
and futures market. As a listed
company, answerable to its shareholders,
HKEx competes vigorously for opportunities
in the region and around the world.
It is a market-driven business,
operating business-driven markets. |
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London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Offices: Hong Kong, China
The London Stock Exchange's strategy
is to compete globally in the market
for financial transaction services
and become the market of choice.
Their revenues are derived from
activities in 3 main business areas:
Issuer Services, Broker Services
and Information Services. In line
with their strategy, these services
have a shared focus on maintaining
and enhancing their high standards
of customer service while looking
to increase the reach and scale
of their businesses by building
on their core capabilities. |
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National Association of Securities
Dealers (NASDAQ)
Offices: New York, New York
NASDAQ, since its debut in 1971
as the world's first electronic
stock market, has been at the forefront
of innovation, using technology
to bring millions of investors together
with the world's leading companies.
Today, NASDAQ is the world's largest
electronic stock market, listing
approximately 3,600 of the world's
most innovative companies. It is
home to category-defining companies
that are leaders across all areas
of business including technology,
retail, communications, financial
services, media and biotechnology
industries. |
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Offices: New York, New York
NYSE traces its origins to a founding
agreement in 1792. The NYSE registered
as a national securities exchange
with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 1, 1934. The
Governing Committee was the primary
governing body until 1938, at which
time The Exchange hired its first
paid president and created a thirty-three
member Board of Governors. The Board
included Exchange members, non-member
partners from both New York and
out-of-town firms, as well as public
representatives. Currently, the
NYSE Board of Directors is comprised
of 27 members: 12 directors from
the securities industry and 12 public
directors, the Chairman and CEO,
and the two Presidents, co-COOs
and Executive Vice Chairmen. |
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Over The Counter Bulletin Board
(OTCBB)
Offices: New York, New York
The OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB) is
a regulated quotation service that
displays real-time quotes, last-sale
prices, and volume information in
over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities.
An OTC equity security generally
is any equity that is not listed
or traded on Nasdaq or a national
securities exchange. OTCBB
securities include national, regional,
and foreign equity issues, warrants,
units, American Depositary Receipts
(ADRs), and Direct Participation
Programs (DPPs). In April 1998,
all foreign securities and ADRs
that are fully registered with the
SEC became eligible for the display
of real-time quotes, last-sale prices,
and volume information on the OTCBB. |
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Sarbanes Oxley Rulemaking & Reports
Offices: Washington, DC
Sarbanes-Oxley contains many advances
for corporate governance, although
it also represents what formerly
would have been an unimaginable
incursion of the US federal government
into the corporate governance arena.
Historically, the individual states
generally had exclusive jurisdiction
over corporate governance matters.
Sarbanes-Oxley attempts to provide
fundamental mechanisms to prevent
the misdeeds that led to investor
losses. These mechanisms are intended
as best practices. Many are not
outright requirements, but are requirements
on corporations to disclose aspects
and then let the market decide what
importance to put on that disclosure. |
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Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
Offices: Toronto, Ontario
TSX Group is a cornerstone of the
Canadian financial system and is
at the centre of Canada's equity
capital market. TSX Group owns and
operates Canada's two national stock
exchanges—Toronto Stock Exchange
serving the senior equity market,
and TSX Venture Exchange serving
the public venture equity market—as
well as NGX, a leading North American
exchange for the trading and clearing
of natural gas and electricity contracts.
From its preeminent domestic base,
TSX Group's reach continues to extend
internationally, through TSX Markets
and TSX Datalinx. |
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United States Department of Labor:
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Offices: Washington, DC
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
the principal fact-finding agency
for the Federal Government in the
broad field of labor economics and
statistics. With the strongest commitment
to integrity and objectivity, the
BLS will be premier among statistical
agencies, producing impartial, timely,
and accurate data relevant to the
needs of their users and to the
social and economic conditions of
their Nation, its workers, and their
families. |
United States Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)
Offices: Washington, DC
The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) is an independent United States
government agency, directly responsible
to Congress. The FCC was established
by the Communications Act of 1934
and is charged with regulating interstate
and international communications
by radio, television, wire, satellite
and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction
covers the 50 states, the District
of Columbia, and US possessions. |
United States Federal Trade Commission
(FTC)
Offices: Washington, DC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
works to ensure that the nation's
markets are vigorous, efficient
and free of restrictions that harm
consumers. Experience demonstrates
that competition among firms yields
products at the lowest prices, spurs
innovation and strengthens the economy.
Markets also work best when consumers
can make informed choices based
on accurate information. To ensure
the smooth operation of our free
market system, the FTC enforces
federal consumer protection laws
that prevent fraud, deception and
unfair business practices. |
United States Securities & Exchange
Commission (SEC)
Offices: Washington, DC
SEC is empowered broad authority
over all aspects of the securities
industry. This includes the power
to register, regulate, and oversee
brokerage firms, transfer agents,
and clearing agencies as well as
the nation's securities self regulatory
organizations (SROs). The various
stock exchanges, such as the New
York Stock Exchange, and American
Stock Exchange are SROs. The National
Association of Securities Dealers,
which operates the NASDAQ system,
is also an SRO. The Securities Exchange
Act also governs the disclosure
in materials used to solicit shareholders'
votes in annual or special meetings
held for the election of directors
and the approval of other corporate
action. |
United States Small Business Administration
(SBA)
Offices: Washington, DC
SBA was officially established in
1953, but its philosophy and mission
began to take shape years earlier
in a number of predecessor agencies,
largely as a response to the pressures
of the Great Depression and World
War II. Nearly 20 million small
businesses have received direct
or indirect help from one or another
of those SBA programs since 1953,
as the agency has become the government's
most cost-effective instrument for
economic development. In fact, SBA's
current business loan portfolio
of roughly 219,000 loans worth more
than $45 billion makes it the largest
single financial backer of the US
businesses in the nation. |
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