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MarketAxess: November trading more than doubled

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., which operates an electric trading platform for corporate bonds, said Friday its monthly trading volume more than doubled in November.

IntercontinentalExchange trading volume up in Nov.

IntercontinentalExchange Inc., an over-the-counter and futures exchange operator, said Wednesday its November average daily volume rose 24 percent from the same month a year ago.

TradeStation volume plunges 33 percent in November

TradeStation Group Inc., which operates an electronic trading platform, said Wednesday its daily average revenue trades dropped 33 percent in November.

CME Group November volume posts 1st gain of year

Derivatives exchange operator CME Group Inc. said Wednesday its November volume averaged 10.8 million contracts per day, a 5 percent increase from a year ago.

E-Trade rallies after reports spur takeover talk

E-Trade Financial Corp. shares surged late Wednesday after media reports fed speculation that rival online broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. could make a bid for the company.

Schwab's trading volume falls 33 percent in Oct.

The Charles Schwab Corp. said Friday its client daily average trades fell 33 percent in October from a year ago.

MarketAxess Aug. trading volume rises 71 percent

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., which operates an electric trading platform for corporate bonds, said Tuesday its trading volume jumped 71 percent in August as markets regained some stability over the last year.

ICE says daily volume for futures markets up

IntercontinentalExchange Inc., an over-the-counter and futures exchange operator, said Wednesday that August average daily volume for its futures markets increased 34 percent from the same month a year ago.

E-Trade's monthly volume falls 4 percent in July

Retail brokerage firm E-Trade Financial Corp. said Wednesday daily trading volume fell 4 percent in July, while total customer assets fell by 15 percent.

Charles Schwab client trading volume down in July

Retail brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. said Friday that its clients' daily trading volume fell 14 percent in July from a year ago.

Pump up the volume, pump up your workout

New research has found that women could pump up their workouts, especially their strengthening exercises, when they pumped up the volume on their favorite tunes.

Knight Capital Group February trading volume rises

Trading firm Knight Capital Group Inc. said Friday trading volume increased in February both in terms of average trades executed and the dollar value of those trades.

Delinquencies Rise at Countrywide

Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday home loan delinquencies and foreclosures rose in January as more borrowers struggled to make their mortgage payments.

Apple Releases Software to Set iPod Volume

Owners of recent iPods will now be able to set how loud their digital music players can go. Apple Computer Inc., facing complaints and a lawsuit claiming the popular player can cause hearing loss, made the setting available as part of a new software update Wednesday. The free download applies to the iPod Nano and the iPod models with video-playback capabilities.

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10 Things Warehouse Clubs Won't Tell You
Source: customsites.yahoo.com

1. "You paid your dues? Good, now get in line." More than 100 million Americans now shop in warehouse clubs including BJ's, Costco, or Sam's Club each year. That's 50 million more than in 2002.

Longer Queries Driving Down Ad Impressions? How About Bankrupt Advertisers?
Source: TechCrunch

Comscore has a fascinating post today talking about the relative decline in paid search ad clicks when compared to search query volume in the U.S. Search queries are up 68% in the last year, but paid clicks are up only 18% in the same period.

Running to Ceragon and cellular upgrades due to "Susan Boyle effect"
Source: Globes

The relay of information over networks due to Apple's iPhone and its competitors is forcing communications companies to invest in the type of equipment supplied by Ceragon, because existing network infrastructure is old, and part of it is near the point at which it will not be  …

One Man, Searching For Escape From Man-Made Noise Pollution, Seeks To Protect "One Square Inch Of Silence"
Source: orionmagazine.org

At the Hoh River trailhead, where a path disappears into the gloom under giant, lichen-draped Douglas fir and western red cedar, I meet up with Gordon Hempton. He stands calm and dry under an umbrella, comfortable in the wool and cotton clothes he has chosen for their silence.

Study Warns of Hearing Loss From Music Players
Source: The New York Times

BRUSSELS — Noise from personal music players is a routine annoyance for travelers on buses, trains and planes.

The Death of High Fidelity
Source: Rolling Stone

Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recording technology has changed the way albums are produced, mixed and mastered — almost always for the worse. "They make it loud to get [listeners'] attention," Bendeth says.

Road Traffic in Britain rises by 84%
Source: the Mail online

Gridlocked Britain has experienced a near doubling in road travel in the past three decades, Government figures reveal. Road traffic in Britain grew by 84 per cent between 1980 and 2006, statistics from the Department for Transport showed.

Oil Companies Are Using a Simple Trick to Bilk Consumers out of Billions
Source: AlterNet.org

Oil companies know that gasoline expands at higher temperatures and has less volume at lower ones, but they've refused to upgrade gas stations with a simple tool that would adjust the price of gas according to its temperature.

Your dad's right, music really IS getting louder
Source: This is London

No, you weren't just imagining it - rock music really is getting louder, according to experts.

Disk Utility Overview
Source: http://www.mostofmymac.com

You may wonder how to optimize your hard drive, or how to format your external hard disks? Or maybe you want to copy a DVD and save it in your computer as a disk image, or simply burn a disk image on a CD or DVD. This video shows you how Disk Utility can help you do all these...

LiveScience.com - Watch the Volume on Your iPod
Source: Live Science

Maxing out the volume on a typical MP3 player -- such as the popular Apple "iPod" -- for anything more than five minutes a day can permanently damage a listener's hearing, new research says.

Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?
Source: blogs.zdnet.com

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) isn't the only Microsoft anti-piracy scheme that might raise the hackles of future Vista customers. Volume Activation 2.0 is worrying some Vista testers who've had a chance to dabble with early versions of that technology.

Report: 86% of E-Mail Traffic is Spam
Source: technewsworld.com

"The sheer volume of IM attacks is a dramatic demonstration that we're in an environment where hackers, knowing that most organizations are still unprotected against IM malware, are rapidly adopting IM for their attacks," said Andrew Lochart, senior director of marketing for Pos …

CERF 2006 - Day no. 1
Source: bytepress.com

As you may or may not know from our previous articles, CERF - Computers and Electronics Romanian Fair - is Romania's largest information technology and communications fair and conference, annually gathering representative companies on the Romanian market, also being an important

Apple lets parents 'turn that garbage down'
Source: CNN

Owners of recent iPods will now be able to set how loud their digital music players can go.

Er, What Did You Say?
Source: BBC News

With mp3 player sales up 200%, researchers are concerned that turning up the volume could create a hearing-loss crisis for the "iPod generation."

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