Predictably, short-seller advocacy groups lamented the toughness and cost burdens of the new regulations, under which a trader wanting to short a particular stock has to find a price above the prevailing national best bid and offer price if the stock has already fallen 10% or more from the previous trading session.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has officially encouraged the creation of dark pools to compete with the dominant NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges to offer the best price competition.

FORBES: Watch Out For The Quants

Unlike Ebay, where multiple buyers drive the price up, in FedBid, the government is the only buyer, so the sellers must compete to offer the best products at the lowest price.

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Some leading figures in the industry privately concede that the tendering model encourages buyers to choose the cheapest offer, rather than securing the best quality for the price.

ECONOMIST: Outsourcing

ISE's system will match orders at the midpoint of the National Best Bid and Offer, which is the current quote system traders use to price buy and sell orders.

FORBES: A New Kind Of Exchange

Unilever and Danone seem to offer the best opportunities for share-price growth.

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How will Schulze justify to Best Buy management or shareholders a reported 30%-plus price cut on the offer?

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