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  • May
  • 31
  • 2006
  • 4:43 PM

Annual stockholder meeting Webcast is tomorrow at 8 a.m.; listen in live

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

If you want to tune in live, here are the details.

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  • May
  • 31
  • 2006
  • 7:41 AM

When we go 'fast'

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

Hybrid Market Phase III will address the problem of "locked" markets preventing auto-execution.

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  • May
  • 26
  • 2006
  • 9:46 AM

The Hybrid, it is a-changin'

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

Announcing changes to sweeps and LRPs, in response to customer feedback. The wheel's still in spin.

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  • May
  • 26
  • 2006
  • 9:02 AM

The postman always e-mails twice

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

Questions, questions on auto-execution. Answers, answers, too, of course.

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  • May
  • 25
  • 2006
  • 12:54 PM

In the news: MasterCard biggest IPO of 2006, plus latest investor advisory

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Yes, there's stuff going on here OTHER than merger talk.

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  • May
  • 25
  • 2006
  • 11:15 AM

Good works is good business

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

There is such a thing as partnership between the public and private sectors, and it works to the benefit of both.

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  • May
  • 24
  • 2006
  • 9:47 AM

When does an order not auto-ex?

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Orders don't automatically execute in every circumstance, even in the current Phase III pilot. Here are the exceptions.

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  • May
  • 22
  • 2006
  • 2:03 AM

NYSE Group proposes historic business combination with Euronext

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) today confirmed in a letter to the Chairmen of the Euronext N.V. Supervisory and Management Boards the terms of a business combination proposal.

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  • May
  • 19
  • 2006
  • 11:23 AM

NYSE Arca lists Darwin -- first Arca listing since formation of NYSE Group

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

With NYSE and NYSE Arca, we're serving a broader array of quality companies.

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  • May
  • 18
  • 2006
  • 5:00 PM

Hybrid Phase III pilot: early returns

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

The largest-ever NYSE Direct+ trade occurred on Friday: 646,400 shares.

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  • May
  • 18
  • 2006
  • 4:18 PM

SEC extends Reg. NMS deadlines

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Pilot begins May 21, 2007, a year from this Sunday.

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  • May
  • 18
  • 2006
  • 2:00 PM

Hybrid 101: Discretionary e-Quotes

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

New features electronically replicate aspects of the more sophisticated types of judgment that floor brokers exercise today on behalf of their customers.

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  • May
  • 18
  • 2006
  • 12:52 PM

The King is in the house

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

This dude is even bigger than he looks on TV.

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  • May
  • 17
  • 2006
  • 5:03 PM

Pursuit of wrongdoing doesn't circumvent due process

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

NYSE Reg works to halt suspected improper activity as soon as it's discovered, but that doesn't mean individuals forfeit their right to due process.

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  • May
  • 17
  • 2006
  • 4:12 PM

Best, yes; perfect another matter

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

What is the best way to get a perfectly good response to a complaint?

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  • May
  • 17
  • 2006
  • 7:28 AM

The right time

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Seventeen-ninety-two was the right time for the Buttonwood Agreement; now is the time for the Hybrid Market.

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  • May
  • 15
  • 2006
  • 5:14 PM

What about other traders?

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Two ex-traders pleaded guilty last week; a reader asks about others.

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  • May
  • 15
  • 2006
  • 12:20 PM

Stopping the Stop Limit order

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

A reader asks, will the order be rejected or misinterpreted as a Stop or Limit order?

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  • May
  • 15
  • 2006
  • 9:08 AM

HybridTalk Q&A: next step?

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

A day trader of course is interested in when we will take the leash off NYSE Direct+.

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  • May
  • 12
  • 2006
  • 4:55 PM

Likes system, but has questions

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

A trader likes his prices improved, but has some questions about the specialist's role.

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  • May
  • 10
  • 2006
  • 3:09 PM

Thain on internalization, NMS, mergers, trading hours

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Reg. NMS will require that orders be sent to the market posting the best automatically accessible price, and that should help the NYSE, says the Big Board chief.

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  • May
  • 09
  • 2006
  • 9:23 AM

Yesterday's news, today

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

New InfoTools, listed-company earnings calls, monthly volume report, record high on the NYA.

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  • May
  • 05
  • 2006
  • 5:44 PM

Details of Direct+ pilot program

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE, NYSE

Program starts May 12, and removes the restrictions on Direct+ order size, type and frequency for one stock.

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  • May
  • 05
  • 2006
  • 5:38 PM

Thain: NASD/Nasdaq proposal would hurt investors and competition

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Beyond the policy concern of undermining investors' interests, an unfair competitive advantage for Nasdaq.

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  • May
  • 04
  • 2006
  • 10:03 PM

NYSE Group prices secondary @ $61.50

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

And HybridTalk has a secondary offering of trivia.

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  • May
  • 04
  • 2006
  • 8:34 AM

Simply wrong: Nasdaq's print factory

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

It's exactly as simple as the Wall Street Journal says: "A several-years-long tussle between the Nasdaq and the NYSE is coming to a head over whether Nasdaq gets to keep millions of dollars in annual revenue for distributing data on trades that its system doesn't handle."

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  • May
  • 03
  • 2006
  • 8:57 AM

Subscribe to HybridTalk e-mail recaps

By: bmccarthy
File Under: NYSE

Hi - Ray's colleague Brenda here, stepping in with news about HybridTalk's new daily email feature.

What it is:
An end-of-day recap of the day's posts. If there are no posts, you will not get an email that day.

What you'll get:
A little more room in your short-term memory (no need to remember to check the blog on your own).

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  • May
  • 03
  • 2006
  • 8:27 AM

WSJ: Lucent first stock to get unrestricted auto-ex in Hybrid Market

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

The Big Board plans on May 12 to remove the restrictions on NYSE Direct+ order size, type and frequency for one stock, LU, subject to SEC approval.

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  • May
  • 02
  • 2006
  • 10:41 AM

NYSE Arca to Offer Portfolio Cross

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

NYSE Arca clients can trade baskets of a minimum of 15 stocks valued at least $1 million.

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  • May
  • 01
  • 2006
  • 4:58 PM

NYSE opens the Book, in real time

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

Some kinda Druid dude, lifting the veil.

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