Online stock trading firms getting faster
Volatile market has provided challenges. Online brokerages have learned some lessons about crazy markets. New data show improvements in the ability of several online brokerages to keep pace with heavy trading, according to recent figures from Gomez Inc., a Web monitoring company.
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Obituary: Mary Mitchell Arthur / Loved the chaotic world of stock trading
Mary Mitchell Arthur loved to be in the mix. She spent nearly 30 years processing teletype orders for Downtown traders as they frantically bought and sold stocks.
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Nakagawa offers apology over METI official's alleged misuse
_ Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa offered an apology Friday over the alleged misappropriation of 24 million yen in public funds by a senior ministry official for personal stock trading, and pledged to prevent a recurrence of such incidents by conducting full investigations.
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Dow posts meager gains amid sluggish retail sales
NEW YORK - UNITED States stock markets posted generally meager gains on Wednesday as a weekly survey showed retail sales were sluggish ahead of the Christmas Day holiday when big retailers hope to book their fattest profits of the year.
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