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Article: Hong Kong stock exchange to seek stake in US market
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 11, 2002
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Hong Kong stock exchange to seek stake in US market
HONG KONG, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Exchange & Clearing
Ltd. is seeking to acquire a stake in the US stock market to build a
global stock trading platform, a local media reported Wednesday.
The Asian Wall Street Journal said Wednesday that the company,
Hong Kong's sole stock exchange operator, is in discussion of
acquiring a controlling stake in the New York-based American Stock
Exchange (Amex), the third largest stock market in the United States
after the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
The Amex, which was valued at 500 million US dollars to 700
million US dollars this year, would put a controlling stake within ...