NYX 360: 27 January 2012

Western Union's then-start of the art communication; image via Wikipedia

Jobs and iPad; image via Wikipedia

• NYSE bars broker votes on governance proposals -- ISS,Conference Board
• Time to shut up about the death of the CIO – Silicon.com
• Sensor technology and sneakers – IPO Center/Exchanges
• Washington issues that will advance in 2012 – Clarke Camper/Exchanges
• 2012 Trust Barometer: Business can earn the license to lead - Edelman
• Scenes from a trading floor – Reuters, AP, AP

Today’s history – NYT:

• 1880 --Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
• 2006 -- Western Union delivered its last telegram.
• 2010 -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad tablet computer during a presentation in San Francisco.

Have a fine weekend, my friends!