Bridge Strengthens Partnership With Toronto Stock Exchange.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 11, 2000 A Founding Sponsor of TSE's Stock Market Place, BRIDGE Now Provides 6 Live Data Displays to this Multi-Media Interactive Learning Centre Bridge Information Systems (BRIDGE(R)) announced today that it has strengthened its partnership with the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). (TM)) with the addition of two data displays for the exchange's Stock Market Place (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ), bringing the total to six. These data displays show live Tick charts reflecting movement of the TSE 300, TSE/S&P 60, DJ1 and Nasdaq Composite The Nasdaq Composite is a stock market index of all of the common stocks and similar securities (e.g. ADRs, tracking stocks, limited partnership interests) listed on the NASDAQ stock market, meaning that it has over 3,000 components. It is highly followed in the U.S. indices. BRIDGE has been a sponsor of TSE's Stock Market Place since its opening in July 1998 and is the founding sponsor of the TSE/BRIDGE Global Media Wall. Stock Market Place is the Toronto Stock Exchange's multi-media interactive investor learning centre and the TSE's forum for public education. "As the leading provider of financial information in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and one of the fastest growing in the world, we value our partnership with the TSE which enables us to play an even larger role in the Canadian investment marketplace," said Bashar Al-Rehany, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , BRIDGE Information Systems, Canada. The six BRIDGE displays are powered by Bridge Trading Room The notion of "trading room" (sometimes used as a synonym of "trading floor", see below) is widely used in financial markets to refer to the office space where market activities are concentrated in investment banks or brokerage houses. System (BTRS BTRS Boron Thermal Regeneration System (nuclear power) BTRS Behavior Therapy and Research Society ) which provides an open platform that integrates with the most up-to-date object-driven trading room workstations. BTRS includes Active 1, the leading dealing-room platform desktop on the market, Athena(R), BRIDGE's technical analysis product to the open systems marketplace and a BRIDGE Web foundation. BRIDGE and TSE are also working together to add headlines from BridgeNews, the news gathering arm of BRIDGE that delivers real-time, 24-hour coverage of the world's markets including breaking news, analysis, statistics, forecasts, calendars and summaries. "BRIDGE is a key sponsor for our Stock Market Place which was designed to bring the stock market and the world of finance to life through interactive games, entertaining exhibits and information kiosks," said Richard Carleton, Vice President, Market Data and Index Services, Toronto Stock Exchange. "BRIDGE technology is used to drive our premier exhibit used as a financial "icon" shot for live network television in addition to BRIDGE workstations that offer visitors a chance to see real-time trading." About BRIDGE BRIDGE, together with its principal operating units, Bridge Information Systems, Telerate(R), Inc., eBRIDGE(SM), Bridge Trading, and BridgeNews(SM) is the largest provider of financial information and related services in North America and one of the fastest growing in the world. BRIDGE information products include a wide range of workstations, market data feeds and web-browser-based applications, combined with comprehensive market data, in-depth news, powerful analytic tools and trading room integration systems. BridgeNews leverages a network of 600 BRIDGE journalists in more than 100 locations that break news that affect securities markets globally. BRIDGE is the co-producer of the Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and and is a leading provider of financial news and information to media companies worldwide. BRIDGE, with 5000 employees worldwide, and over a quarter of a million users in over 65 countries, is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with the BRIDGE Trading and Technology center in St. Louis, and major regional centers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. For more information visit the BRIDGE web site at http://www.bridge.com. |
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