Bats options program, criticized by rivals, gets SEC approval - Bloomberg
LeadMedia Group lists on NYSE Alternext - NYX
NYSE Euronext leads IPO markets globally in first half of 2011 - NYX
Citigroup’s reverse split hits off-exchange trading much harder – FT Trading Room
NYSE’s data fortress powering the financial cloud – Data Center Knowledge
NYSE Tech’s cloud platform ready in a fortnight – Buy-Side Technology
The incredible shrinking data center -- Greg MacSweeney/Wall Street & Technology
NYSE Euronext General Counsel John Halvey on what’s next for the company – Corporate Counsel
Tilly's files for IPO of up to $100 mln – Reuters
Venture-backed IPOs gain strength in Q2– Reuters
How this year's tech IPOs are doing, and who's next - TechCrunch
Brussels delays decision on OTC rules - FT Trading Room
SEC delays some rules, but not 'naked access' - Traders
The Pope and commodities speculation - MarketBeat
Can stocks be safer than bonds? – Felix Salmon/Reuters
Announcing the NYSE Euronext Financial Markets Best Paper Award -- European Financial Management Association
NY1 toasts shining scholar-athletes at NYSE - NY1
Elsewhere on the Exchanges blog, lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes our way:
Markets Higher, Closing News 7/1/11
Building Trust with U.S. Investors
Get Your Motor Runnin’
Whistleblowers, FCPA, Dodd-Frank and more
Apparel Company PVH at the NYSE
On this date in 1991, regulators in eight countries shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, charging it with fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system. -- NYT
Today also is the birthday of P.T. Barnum (1810-1891). His New York Times obituary reflects the life of a bigger-than-life American showman, including tales of Tom Thumb, Jumbo and 19th-century New York.
