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Execs defend humans in high-tech markets

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The heads of the world's biggest stock exchanges agree there is still room for the "human element" in a high-speed trading environment that has aggressively gone electronic.

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NASDAQ OMX backs Paulson rules blueprint

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NASDAQ OMX Group Inc said on Friday the transatlantic electronic financial exchange backs the brand of flexible, streamlined regulation endorsed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

New trading platforms challenge LSE

LONDON (Reuters) - Faster and cheaper new trading platforms are starting to erode the London Stock Exchange's position as the trading powerhouse of Britain, speakers at the Reuters Exchanges and Trading Summit said this week.

Top exchanges digest big buys

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top financial exchanges' recent big-ticket buying spree may finally be grinding to a halt.

NASDAQ OMX eyes credit derivatives

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc sees a role for itself in the credit derivatives market at a time when the subprime crisis has highlighted the importance of centralized exchanges, its president said on Friday.

Oil prices have "upward bias": ICE CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil prices have an "upward bias" long-term, mainly due to strong energy demand from the booming economies of China and India, the CEO of InterContinental Exchange Holdings said on Wednesday.

ICE CEO questions U.S. ethanol import tax

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States may need to get more of its ethanol from Brazil in order to boost the country's energy security and cut pressure on food prices, the chief executive of energy and commodity exchange IntercontinentalExchange Inc said on Wednesday.

Human touch still needed in trading: BIDS CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite analyst predictions that trading floors on traditional stock exchanges may evaporate as electronic trading gains popularity, a human touch is still useful in certain types of trades, the chief executive of a top electronic trading network said on Wednesday.

ICE CEO says on lookout for deals

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange Inc is looking for acquisition opportunities, but doesn't see itself as an easy target for a buyer, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Need for cost cuts will drive exchange M&A

LONDON (Reuters) - The need to cut costs will force continuing consolidation among stock exchanges as they compete to offer clients a cheap one-stop shop for all their needs, an industry executive said on Wednesday.

ITG on the hunt, sees MiFID opportunity

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment Technology Group , a provider of equity trading services to large institutional investors, is looking closely at acquisitions as the credit crisis causes competitors to be less interested in buying, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday.

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