NY Stock Exchange for Sale

[piasabird]

Do you think the USA FCC should allow a foreign firm in Germany to purchase the New York Stock Exchange?

They were talking about this on the Kudlow show.

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LGCY476JIJV001-469ULJQU2HF1ETUU8NJ7KBKR4J

 

[Thump553]

Who cares? It's a private business.

 

[Rebel44]

Who cares? It's a private business.

I agree

 

[CanOWorms]

It's interesting that there's less commotion about this than when some Dubai company wanted to buy all those ports a few years ago and people started screaming about security. Is financial security not as important? Why were there concerns on a UAE company yet no concerns here about a Germany company acquiring the NYSE despite many of the 9/11 terrorists having become radicalized in Germany?