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...Sitting on a site the size of 640 football pitches in the desert on the northern outskirts of Phoenix, a cluster of hulking buildings and giant cranes around them are visible from highway bridges and hillsides...
...Stripe, the payments plumbing company, at its private valuation peak clocked in at $95bn. Klarna, the money-losing buy now, pay later start-up, once hit $45bn....
...At the FT summit Keith Crane, economist at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, noted that the value of the launch market was actually smaller last year than in 2013, thanks to lower prices....
...The importance of these instruments in the financial plumbing system has prompted the Federal Reserve to step in twice in the past 15 years....
...CRH’s decision echoes that of Ferguson, the plumbing and heating supplier formerly known as Wolseley, which last year moved its primary listing to the US....
...The company, which is majority owned by billionaire Ken Griffin, forms a critical part of the plumbing of US financial markets....
...Today, the hall’s fluted pilasters with original tin-glazed tiling still hold up steel crane gantries....
...Sean Horgan, an analyst with Rosenblatt Securities, noted that the uptick in trading activity would also lift other companies who manage the plumbing of US financial markets, including stock exchanges....
...Visa to weave Plaid into operations Visa is paying $5.3bn for Plaid, a fintech plumbing outfit that connects its clients' apps with their customers’ bank accounts....
...The firm could instead become part of the basic plumbing of the financial system, lending money in its own right and allowing borrowers to bypass the battered banks that had just received a $500bn bailout...
...Even so, reports that buyout firms are interested in Euroclear, a vital part of Europe’s financial market plumbing, might cause unease....
...After a summer of frantic construction, rumours have swirled of tricky plumbing, recalcitrant lifts and iffy service....
...“The majority message to the SEC was that it’s the boring stuff, the execution and plumbing that separates companies from their owners, that’s in dire need of reform.”...
...Sarah Wilson, chief executive of Minerva, a UK-based proxy adviser, says improvements are needed in the shareholder voting process but she argues that this reform should centre on the plumbing — or how shareholders...
...But downtown Miami streets were flooded, “Stop” signs twisted in 70mph winds, cranes toppled over and flying debris smashed into homes and buildings....
...Clusters of cranes and cement silos loom over a warren of earthworks crawling with excavators and 100-tonne dumper trucks....
...That includes not only engaging in high-level discussions with regulators on whether the overall market plumbing is up to snuff, but also working to make sure NYSE’s own in-house network of human traders...
...The images show Al-Ghoussein “virtually concealed by the mounds of sand and building materials that punctuate a scene framed by cranes”, says Kalter-Wasserman and show that the curtain really is being raised...
...The latest glitch in the US market plumbing highlights how reliant trading has become on technology, forcing traders and investors to adapt to periodic technical problems....
...The London interdealer broker is close to selling its global broking business to rival Tullett Prebon, after which it will become NEX Group and focus on electronic trading and plumbing for over-the-counter...
...ECB policy decision day has arrived, and it’s time for everyone’s other favourite Italian with a knowledge of (market) plumbing to take to the stage....
...Now known simply as “August 24”, steep declines across Asian markets triggered intense volatility in US stocks, sending the S&P 500 down 5.3 per cent at the open and revealing flaws in the plumbing of the...
...A lot of the money went into the essential but essentially unsexy work of ripping out the old plumbing, air conditioning and electrics....
...You can see Sarus cranes, the world’s tallest birds, mincing along next to factories in Uttar Pradesh, or watch hornbills and ibises from our study window in New Delhi. Hate: Trolls....
...The Leicester manager is a good example of the economic migrants that “come over ’ere” serving our coffee, mending our plumbing and propelling our underdog football teams to the top of the Premiership....
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