Others, such as an exchange of political prisoners for kidnapped soldiers, are thorny but negotiable.
One idea is to buy an intangible that tracks gold--such as an exchange-traded fund.
So, to continue that business model as an exchange, we actually needed two exchange licenses to do that.
At first we picked which commodities to launch very carefully, since we needed to establish ourselves as an exchange first.
The firm filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer their Total Return mutual fund as an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).
The movement by states to partner with the federal government to create an online marketplace known as an exchange comes as a deadline approaches Friday (Feb. 15).
And beginning October 1, 2013, qualified individuals will be able to shop for health insurance based on benefits, quality and price through the Health Insurance Marketplace (otherwise known as an Exchange) in their state.
He said it was very odd that the act of giving someone a kidney is considered "wonderful, a noble act" - yet as soon as an exchange of money is involved it becomes "so outrageous as to be intolerable".
The Israeli government videotaped what appeared to some observers as an awkward exchange and posted it online.
Gordon is luring more energy clients with such services as an online exchange where refiners can establish fuel prices in real time, rather than send out a price list once daily, and can verify the credit status of potential customers.
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ETFs, which trade as stocks on an exchange, have proved wildly popular as a means to buy and sell gold far more easily than in the past, when the only options were to invest in gold bars or futures contracts.
But ISE could just as easily use its new stock exchange as a springboard for an acquisition of the CBOE or the American Stock Exchange , or a merger with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
But ISE could just as easily use its new stock exchange as a springboard for an acquisition of the CBOE or the American Stock Exchange , or a merger with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (nyse: CME - news - people ).
Miriam, an Israeli internist, was at Rockefeller University as a guest investigator on an exchange program, and was living with her two young daughters in a New York apartment.
Intercontinental was led by Jeffrey Sprecher, who'd started the exchange as an over-the-counter energy trading system.
Springleaf has unpledged assets it could offer as collateral in such an exchange, the person said.
He also sees the New York Stock Exchange as an expensive, scandal-prone and internationally isolated place to do business.
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Periquet also likes Philippine Long Distance Telephone, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depositary Receipt.
Weizman asked Balfour if he, as an Englishman, would exchange London for Paris.
Telekomunikasi Indonesia trades on the New York Stock Exchange as an ADR and owns 65% of Telekomunikasi Selular, a mobile operator with 35.6 million customers.
He pointed to the Toronto Stock Exchange as an example.
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Periquet also likes Philippine Long Distance Telephone (nyse: PHI - news - people ), listed on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depositary Receipt.
Al-Askari said al-Taie's remains were handed over as part of an amnesty exchange agreement with Asaib Ahl al-Haq, under which the group will not face criminal prosecution or penalties if it disarms or turns over prisoners.
So the bid and ask price will be the same as it would be on an exchange.
Very few if any cited unfair competition or exchange rate as an issue.
Sgt Shalit was freed on Tuesday as part of an elaborate prisoner exchange.
In a flash order, a firm wishing to buy or sell stock can elect to freeze the order on an exchange for as long as half a second.
SecondMarket is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an "alternative trading system, " its compliance staff communicates regularly with its Washington minders, and Mr. Silbert hired a former SEC lawyer to be his general counsel.
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However, the firm has provided an online postcode checking facility for its subscribers to check if their local exchange has been flagged as having an issue.
Singer served as a regulatory lawyer with both the American Stock Exchange and the NASD and also as an in-house lawyer for broker-dealers, mutual funds and investment advisers.
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