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Clash of the Cultures

Mar 24, 2008 @ 10:19 AM By Cristina McEachern,

The announcement that JP Morgan would be bailing out Bear Stearns with a deal to purchase the company at $2 per share sent shockwaves across Wall Street last week.

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Are Exchanges Converging with Dark Pools?

Mar 20, 2008 @ 02:16 PM By Ivy Schmerken,

The lines between exchanges and dark liquidity pools are blurring. Last week NYSE Euronext announced that clients of NYSE Arca’s electronic trading system would have access to non-displayed liquidity pools through participating broker-dealers and alternative trading systems.

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Remembering Barings

Mar 11, 2008 @ 08:28 PM By Kerry Massaro,

I clearly remember reading about Nick Leeson and the fall of Barings Bank in 1995. I was just a few years out of college in a foot-in-the-door position that wasn't all that exciting. To counter my boredom, I started reading my boss' Wall Street Journal before he got in. The news was interesting, but not thrilling - until I got to the Leeson scandal.

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