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Online Trading News Archive09-Jan-2009
TD Ameritrade set to buy online options broker (Financial Times) TD Ameritrade , the US online broker, signaled its intention to expand its presence in derivatives trading on Thursday by agreeing to take over thinkorswim , an online options broker, in a cash-and-shares deal worth $606m.
Scammers Target Online Investors (Data Storage Today) Dear Action Line: I have traded stocks online through brokerage houses and my financial planner, but now I'm getting e-mailed investment offers and "opportunity" phone calls. What's up with this? -- W.N., Tulsa. The staff at US-CERT (Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team) says Online Trading is an easy, cost-effective way to manage investments, but online investors are often ...
Sainsbury's has its best ever online Christmas (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Sainsburys achieved a record number of online orders in the week before Christmas, according to the retailers chief executive Justin King.
Ex-eBay chief seeks to reclaim name in cyberspace (The State) She's regarded as an Internet pioneer, credited with helping turn a Web site used for trading Beanie Babies into a multibillion-dollar company with 15,000 employees. But Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, has been unable to control her own name online. What began as an irritant has evolved into a distracting legal spat as she explores a run for California governor. A Santa Monica ...
Opens online trading platform today (Business Standard India) Kochi: Alwaye-based private sector bank, Federal Bank, is entering the online trading platform from tomorrow. The new initiative of the bank, named Fed ? e Trade, will be operational in association with Geojit Financial Service (GFS), a stock broking company.
TD Ameritrade to purchase thinkorswim for $606M (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is buying thinkorswim Group Inc. for $606 million to strengthen its trading business and add new tools for advanced options, futures and other trades.
Britons Flocked Online For Christmas Day Shopping (WebProNews) Close to 4 million British shoppers went online to purchase goods on Christmas Day, spending a total of $154 million (102 million pounds) according to a new report from the ecommerce retailing body IMRG. read more
Federal Bank launches online trading product (New Kerala) Kochi, Jan 6 : Kerala-based Federal Bank, one of the leading private sector banks in India, today launched its online trading product, 'FED-e-TRADE', in association with the Geojit Financial Services Limited.
Democrats wimp on Burris, trading principle for politics (USA Today) Our view on Illinois Senate seat: Democrats wimp on Burris, trading principle for politics Appointment is hopelessly tainted; fill the vacancy with special election. Principle doesn't seem to have much staying power in the freshly minted Democratic Senate. Blow on...
TD Ameritrade to buy Thinkorswim for $606 million (Market Watch) TD Ameritrade Holding says it will acquire online brokerage firm Thinkorswim Group for more than $600 million in a deal that combines the online industry leaders in retail stock and stock-option trading.
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