Intercontinental Exchange To Buy Nyse For $8.2b

Kansas City Star: Business, Kansas City Star: Business
Thu, 12/20/2012 - 6:20am

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The New York Stock Exchange is being sold to a rival exchange for about $8 billion, ending more than two centuries of independence for the iconic Big Board.

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