Now, as part of a broader plan to diversify beyond its stock-in-trade leveraged buyouts, it is gearing up.
Those of you who follow my main blog know that my primary stock-in-trade is posts on timeless topics.
Of course, appeals to national security have always been the stock-in-trade of nations, no matter what military situations they encounter.
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For years, demands for national reconciliation have been the stock-in-trade of critics of the Algerian regime at home and abroad.
Battlefield signal intercepts in time of war are the stock-in-trade of the National Security Agency and, indeed, of military intelligence more generally.
TBS's main motive is to find out more both about European consumers and about the digital communications hardware that is Philips's stock-in-trade.
That will be at the expense of Kevin Maggs who did his usual hard-working stock-in-trade stuff, but looked a shade off the pace.
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His stock-in-trade was that debilitating mix of anti-Zionism and anti-Americanism.
It does not take a far stretch of imagination to assume that they also own the stock in their e-trade (ETFC) accounts.
And judging from the market response, the news was positive for the stock that gained 6 percent in pre-market trade.
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Kodak had said earlier today that delisting was likely, and that the stock would continue to trade in the over-the-counter market.
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Options on Research In Motion are some of the most active today, with volume on the stock approaching 110, 000 contracts in early-afternoon trade.
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It would also bolster positioning in U.S. stock-options trade.
The stock is up over 6% in the pre-market trade.
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But data from the Investment Company Institute, a mutual-fund trade group, show that net U.S.-stock mutual-fund purchases in March have been inconsistent and weak, raising questions about how enthusiastic the public really is.
Griffin may be at it again, as Citadel announced it was dumping its remaining 9.6% stake in E-Trade hours after the stock hit a 52-week high.
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Options implied volatility on the stock rose 14.7% to 39.7% in early-afternoon trade.
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The partnership was launched ahead of regulatory changes expected later this year which will allow US investors to trade the single-stock futures for the first time in almost 20 years.
The stock, which had gained moderately during the trading session, fell in after-hours trade as investors digested the news.
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Implied volatility on the stock shot up 136.39% to 194.42% in early-afternoon trade on fears the U.S. may be heading into recession and concern AMR Corp. may need to eventually consider bankruptcy protection.
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Or that fears over protectionism, and misguided policies--including cheapening the dollar as a way to improve our trade balances--triggered the 1987 stock market crash, in which equities lost more than 20% of their value in one day?
Singapore, for example, is the center for trade in Japanese stock index futures, and it once tried - but failed - to launch a Hong Kong-derived product.
The prospect of a sweeping trade-protection bill in the fall of 1929 triggered the stock market crash.
Adjusted for stock splits, Human Genome Sciences shares trade at one-thirtieth of what they were worth in the gene-hype-heyday of early 2000.
Transactions were carried out by jobbers, who made markets in shares - physically seeking out others with whom to trade on the Stock Exchange floor.
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The second event of note is that the stock prices of Financials, beaten-down as a group during the turmoil in September, continue to trade above their July or earlier lows.
What is needed is a new kind of stock exchange, designed to trade in the stocks of companies that are organized to sustain long-term thinking.
If you do not get carried away with your own genius when your stocks go up, or hang your head in despair when they do not, then you can make use of the long-term strategies like family wealth planning and tax management that are our stock in trade.
Among other things, the businessman-inventor is always thinking up new ways to develop his company's stock in trade: pagers.
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