The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Sandy Springs-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is buying the National Stock Exchange. The Jersey City, N.J.-based National Stock Exchange is an all-electronic market for trading stocks and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. The acquisition, engineered by CEO Jeff Sprecher and his team that includes wife Kelly Loeffler, continues a years-long buying campaign by Intercontinental Exchange that made it the world’s largest securities market operator in terms of revenues. For ICE and Sprecher, their boats continue to RISE…
Ga. Senate voices support for police training center
The Georgia Senate last week found time to vote on a couple of issues other than the redistricting process they were called back to Atlanta to sort out – one of those being the Atlanta law enforcement training center that has become a focus of national controversy. On Friday a resolution was introduced voicing support for the facility, which the Senate broadly supported by a 46-5 margin. All those opposed were Democrats, (three more abstained from voting) but the vote shows widespread support just as recent polls have. Georgia support for the state of the art training facility for police and other law enforcement is RISING…
