First he took the company public, in a reverse merger with electronic network Archipelago Holdings, then he forged the first trans-Atlantic exchange merger, with Euronext.

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Participants in that treaty tried to finalize e-waste guidelines, but they were not adopted because some developed countries and the electronics industry would not agree without adding loopholes to allow repairable electronic waste to be exempted, said advocacy group IPEN, a global network of more than 700 public interest non-governmental organizations.

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