Holders of bearer shares who want to vote are prohibited from trading for several weeks around voting time.
To be sure, Mr. Costa denies trading his ObamaCare vote for high-speed rail money: "That's not something I do, " he tells me.
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The House is to vote at midweek on granting permanent normal trading relations to China as part of that nation's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
Another reason is that the American Congress is about to vote on a proposal to grant China permanent normal trading relations, in effect approving its membership of the World Trade Organisation (see article).
Tesla Motors shares are trading sharply higher after the electric car company received a key vote of confidence from CEO Elon Musk and from investor Daimler AG.
The Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard just managed to squeak out a two-vote parliamentary majority in lower-house elections, and only then by horse trading with a few independents.
The European Parliament will vote this month on a proposal to cap aircraft emissions and include them in the trading scheme.
Ryan said he would vote down the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill that would have restricted free music trading, to avoid additional regulation.
China's willingness to invest in Morgan Stanley was seen as a vote of confidence on Wall Street and the firm's shares rose 4% in Wednesday trading.
Another congressional vote will come later in the summer, when America must decide whether to grant China permanent normal trading relations as a step towards its entry into the World Trade Organisation.
This third trading week of 2013 comes to a close with investors digesting news that House Republicans plan to vote next week on a temporary increase in the debt-limit.
With more than 2, 600 ballots cast, Wall Street pulled in a stunning 35% of the readers' vote, more than triple the number of votes for the second-best film, 1983's Trading Places.
GMT, or about 20 minutes before the close of trading in London and Frankfurt, U.S. House Republican Mike Conaway had switched his vote from "no" to "yes, " officially tipping the balance toward an overall victory for the bill that was formulated by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Day-trading speculators in the pits who depend on open outcry for their livelihood aren't about to vote themselves out of a job.
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