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    Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

    Can anyone provide any details on the following book? I'm thinking about picking it up today. http://www.amazon.com/Trading-Exchanges-Market-Microstructure-Practitioners/dp/0195144708
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    Peter Thiel up 230% with Soros-style fund

    He has a $100 million in facebook that's a nice retirement fund right there in it's self.
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    Computers Replacing Hedge Fund Managers? Clones - Absolute Return Tracker Index

    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81955
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    Bank of New York to acquire Mellon

    The Bank of New York (BoNY) has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Pittsburgh-based Mellon Financial in an all stock deal worth around $16.5 billion that will create the world's largest securities servicing and asset management firm. Under the terms of the agreement, BoNY...
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    Learning about ECNs and Market Makers

    Very useful list of all Electronic Trading Networks/ECN's to date. http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/olbr.html
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    Scumbag specialist about to do time

    He was front running, Front running is the illegal practice of a stock broker executing orders on a security for his own account (and thus affecting prices) before filling orders previously submitted by his customers. After the broker has made his original transactions, he can expect to close...
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    Learning about ECNs and Market Makers

    Possibly some useful sites to add to your bookmark I always find them very useful. http://www.finextra.com http://www.watersonline.com http://www.wallstandtech.com
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    BlackStone $36B LBO of Equity Office Partners

    Private equity buyout firm Blackstone Group agreed on Monday to buy U.S. office building owner Equity Office Properties Trust <EOP.N> in a deal valued at nearly $19 billion excluding debt. Equity Office, founded by real estate mogul Sam Zell in 1976, has been the subject of buyout rumors for...
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    What salary would it take for you to quit this?

    Welcome to ET, many smart and successful traders post here you will definitly learn a lot enjoy your stay :-)
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    What salary would it take for you to quit this?

    $135k base, 15-20% year end bonus BlackBerry/Cellphone Matching 401k Pension 100% Health Coverage Tutition Reembursement Car service home after 9 Internet service at home Laptop w/Verizon EVDO
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    GlobeOps

    Anyone have any information on this company www.globeops.com (GFS). I heard a few guys from LTCM started up this firm and doing risk management for and back office support for hedge funds? Anyone got any scope on what the culture is like is it a bucket shop etc.. ?
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    Sunw

    Yes now is a very good time to buy
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    Clear channel and RDA both bought

    Private equity firms are the target of preliminary investigation by the US Justice Dept. into possible antitrust behavior. Investors are claiming they would have recieved a higher price for their shares if the buyout firms had not formed teams among themseleves that scared away other...
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    Investment banks to launch equities platform

    Investment banks to launch European equities platform; compete with exchanges A group of seven global investment banks have agreed to establish a pan-European equities trading platform that will compete head-to-head with the region's domestic stock exchanges following the introduction of the...
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    Private Equity Firms

    This does seem to be the new trend.
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    2500 AAPL shares

    HAAHAHA your kidding right ?
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    And the rich get RICHER....

    Wrong, any way I have nothing to prove, but to put an end to this you have my company email in PM,
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    And the rich get RICHER....

    Why would I make it up?
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    And the rich get RICHER....

    Ofcourse not but tell that to Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or any other major Investment Bank on Wall St. I work for a very large investment bank and dont know many individuals who clear 7 figures and didnt attend an Ivy League undergrad and an MBA from a top business school.
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    And the rich get RICHER....

    Not everyone can afford an Ivy League Degree sorry :(
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