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Tapescript Financial expert: "The Stock Exchange is a financial marketplace. In a Stock Exchange people buy and sell paper documents called securities. These represent the shares and debentures of public limited companies and government stocks. Shares are equal parts of the capitai of a company. The people who buy shares own part of the company and are called shareholders. Debentures are documents given to long term creditors of a company. Debenture owners are not owners of the company. They receive a fixed rate of interest on their loan." 4
Highlight the matching lines in the English paragraph: 1. le multinazionali necessitano di un sistema commerciale unificato 2. in un vicino futuro le borse convergeranno in un numero limitato di reti 3. la Borsa di NY ha acquistato il controllo di... 4. la Borsa di Londra ha comunicato recentemente di stare trattando per... 5. permetterà alla borsa di risparmiare in relazione alla tecnologa e all'elaborazione degli ordini 5
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The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. It's the acronyme of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Systems Deutsche Börse AG is a marketplace organizer for the trading of shares and other securities SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange) Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is the largest stock exchange in Canada Euronext N.V. is a pan European stock exchange based in Amsterdam[2] and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom The Borsa Italiana S.p.A., based in Milan, is Italy's main stock exchange. It was privatised in 1997 and acquired by the London Stock Exchange in 2007 The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London OMX AB (Aktiebolaget Optionsmäklarna/Helsinki Stock Exchange) is a Swedish Finnish financial services company The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in lower Manhattan The Tokyo Stock Exchangeis located in Tokyo, Japan and is the second largest stock exchange in the world The American Stock Exchange is the third largest stock exchange in the U.S. after the NYSE and the NASDAQ, and handles approximately 10% of all American trades The stock exchange headquartered in Sydney, Australia. 7
1. over 100 2. That they will converge into a few global networks. 3. A unified trading System. 4. Enormous savings in relation to technology and order processing. 5. New York Stock Exchange has won contrai of thè European operator Euronext and thè London Stock Exchange has announced a deal to buy Milan's Borsa Italiana 8
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. NYSE and Euronext New York, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon LSE and Milan's Borsa Italiana London and Milan 11
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Foreign Markets The Tokyo Stock Exchange has the second largest market capitalization. The eight largest stock exchanges that make up the balance of the top ten not in the U.S. are: Tokyo Stock Exchange (2), Euronext Europe (4), London Stock Exchange (5), Hong Kong Exchanges (6), Canadian TSX Stock Exchange (7), BM&F Bovespa Brazil (8), BME Spanish Exchanges (9) and Duetsche Borse Germany (10). 14
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Fill in the text using the words from the box goods available world raise free operate Some advantages of globalisation Increased trade between nations. Companies have greater flexibility to across borders. It allows poor countries and their citizens to develop economically and their standards of living. Vital information can be shared among individuals and companies around the Greater ease of transportation for and people. There is more mixing of people and cultures from all over the world. People can share ideas and lifestyles and experience foods and products not previously in their countries. 16
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