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NYSE float ends 200-year era


More than two centuries ago, 24 brokers signed an agreement laying the groundwork for the New York Stock Exchange. Yesterday the exchange's 1366 members rebuilt that foundation.

They voted in favour of the NYSE's proposed purchase of Archipelago Holdings Inc, an electronic market based in Chicago, transforming the world's largest stockmarket into NYSE Group Inc, a publicly traded company.

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