- Council Committee Passed the Freeze
- Carol Campbell Passes Away
- My first trip to the public library
- Fight digital exclusion
- What if half of Philadelphia didn't have roads?
- You know, let's not even worry about the City Commissioners office messing up voter registration processing
- Bold ideas to fix the budget
- Mayor Nutter's Town Hall Meeting Schedule
- City Releases Library Information to City Council
- Size of Philadelphia government?
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange is about to be sold.
Submitted by BradyDale on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 11:26am.
Umm, we've got (had) a stock exchange? From The Greenlee Partners' Harrisburg On-Line:
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange reportedly is about to be acquired by NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. in a deal estimated between $600 or $700-million...
Apparently it's the oldest exchange in the country and primarily sells "options," which is a concept I vaguely understood even when I was studying it. No details. The Inqy's got more coverage here.
Not clear if it would leave Philadelphia, but it sounds like it's a growing concern that the general public is paying no attention to.











Yes, we do have one. I
Yes, we do have one. I think the first site was across the street from the Ritz Five (that round building with the belgium block plaza behind the City Tavern). Then, I think the Bourse Building (5th/Market) served as the exchange for quite some time.
I think that they might
I think that they might stay. It would be dumb to move them to NYC, because it is way to expensive up there. Hell, the New York Stock Exchange almost moved to Jersey.
From CNN Money:
It should also be noted that we are the home of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index.