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About 200 Chinese firms are at risk of getting kicked off the Nasdaq and NYSE

Aug 3, 2022
The companies must let American regulators inspect their financial audits, a fight that stretches over 20 years.
The Luckin coffee chain was initially seen as a high-tech Starbucks killer before it was forced to delist from the Nasdaq over fraud charges.
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Exchanges seek review for rules that would make more stock market data public

Feb 11, 2021
The exchanges currently sell this market information, typically to big, institutional investors.
The New York Stock Exchange stands in lower Manhattan on Jan. 3, 2019 in New York City.
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When stock exchanges malfunction, what keeps total chaos from taking hold?

Oct 20, 2020
A lot of investment banks and brokers are working behind the scenes to straighten out all of the stock exchange orders.
On Monday, markets across Europe were taken completely offline after their exchange operator, Euronext, suffered a software glitch.
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Trump officials plan to delist Chinese companies that don't meet audit standards

Regulators want access to financial audits of Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges.
The Trump administration is recommending a plan that Chinese companies with shares traded on U.S. stock exchanges must submit to audits or else give up their listings. Pictured: The New York Stock Exchange.
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Adding value by slowing things down?

Jun 17, 2016
IEX, a market with a 350 microsecond delay, could make a difference to investors.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The IEX would be a new market to trade on with a 350 microsecond delay. 
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How companies decide where to list their shares

Mar 16, 2016
As stock exchange operators consolidate, the differences between exchanges matter less.
This picture shows brokers at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, on February 26, 2016. Frankfurt stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse revealed Friday that in the proposed tie-up with the London Stock Exchange the merged group would be based in the British capital.
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