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Nasdaq's Efficiency Drive (Video)
January 14, 2010 @ 03:44 PM | By Melanie Rodier

In this video, WS&T Senior Editor Melanie Rodier speaks to Eric Noll, Head of Nasdaq Transaction Services, about the latest technology developments at Nasdaq, including the exchange’s drive to make transparent markets more effective for all users, by designing order types and focusing on market structures that appeal to everyone -- from large institutions through to retail investors.

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7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting
December 08, 2009 @ 09:56 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of being invited to the 7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting. While the atmosphere was definitely upbeat, it was also sign of the times that the ceremony which last year was held at the Rainbow Room was this year held at Fordham University. (The storied Rainbow Room on the 65th floor of New York's Rockefeller Center closed down in June, although the restaurant’s website continues to optimistically boast “Rainbow Room: Then, Now, Forever”.

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Can Financial Firms Stop Insider Trading? (VIDEO)
December 07, 2009 @ 10:29 AM | By Melanie Rodier

The SEC has sent at least three dozen subpoenas to hedge funds and brokerages within the past month, as it steps up its investigations of potential insider-trading violations, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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How to build an IT department on a budget
October 22, 2008 @ 12:33 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Boston-based Veritude offers five steps to staffing an IT project on a budget through "savvy sourcing and recruiting":

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U.S. Firms Must Start Preparing Now for Massive IFRS Reform, says Ernst & Young
August 07, 2008 @ 04:46 PM | By Melanie Rodier

The U.S. Conversion from GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) should take place in 2013. But if financial firms want to be ready, they must start preparing now, says Ernst & Young.

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Talk to Walt (Bettinger)
July 23, 2008 @ 11:54 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Charles Schwab Corp. named Walter W. Bettinger II as its new CEO, replacing the discount brokerage's founder.

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Global Trading Technology Spend Reached $45.8 billion in 2007
December 20, 2007 @ 04:50 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Global spend on trading and related technology and services reached an estimated USD$45.8 billion in 2007, according to a new report from Somerset, UK-based Kimsey Consulting.

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