MATIF, France's futures exchange, links up with Eurex, it will first have to introduce an electronic trading system.

ECONOMIST: Derivatives exchanges

Until recently, Europe's biggest derivatives exchange spurned links with its rivals, confident that the liquidity of its trading floor gave it an unassailable advantage.

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They are connected to the exchange via remote computer links.

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One example often brought up is Links Island, a maritime company whose stock the Singapore Exchange said had been "cornered" (reducing the free float below the required 10% minimum) during a period when the value of the stock rose fourfold in four months after its IPO in April 2000.

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An e-mail exchange about digital cameras, for instance, is likely to attract links to companies selling them.

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For example, the links between a company desirous of going public and its lead merchant bank, underwriters, stock exchange and credit rating agencies--as well as the fees they earn--are well established and easily understood.

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In an email exchange with Nolan, a person identifying himself as Bryan Clark claims that 43a has bought links in news stories on sites including the Huffington Post and the Business Insider.

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In exchange for community credits, members identify actors, tag their clothing and offer product details and links to related shopping sites.

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Another partnership links Comm South, a Dallas-based residential-phone service provider, with a competitive local-exchange carrier called Arbros that focuses on U.S. East Coast businesses.

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