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About 130 NYSE clients use its co-location services, according to the NYSE website, where the service is marketed as something of an advantage - "when proximity to the market can give your business model a competitive edge." That edge can translate into huge profits for high-frequency-trading firms like Goldman Sachs, which, according to Bloomberg, made more than $100 million in trading revenue on a record 46 separate days during the second quarter, or 71% of the time - partly thanks to high-frequency trading...
...billion budget, and the focus of international arbitration and other legal wranglings as TVO, Areva and other companies involved seek compensation for escalating costs. Analysts say many of the problems stem from Areva's impossibly low bid. "Though getting the world's first third-generation reactor completed will give Areva some big advantages over rivals, the Finnish project has cost it a lot in terms of credibility, and a lot of people are looking on saying: 'You mean if you ever complete it,' " says Barnett. "Westinghouse will complete its third-generation reactor in China later, but it will be able...
...January decision to pull out of its eight-year partnership with Areva. It has also raised questions about CEO Lauvergeon's management style. Critics accuse her of being better at selling big projects than at executing them. Some suggest her refusal to reconfigure the joint venture with Siemens to give it a direct stake in Areva ultimately convinced the Germans they could do better with another partner. (Read: "Siemens Sues Its Own Managers...
...competition is heating up. Siemens now looks set to form a partnership with Rosatom, Russia's main nuclear-energy company and the world's second largest. The move will give the Russian firm new technological and engineering credibility, and mean another strong rival for Areva right in its own backyard. And China's push for nuclear plants is likely to presage competition from that country. "China wants the ability to build its own nuclear facilities in the future," says Nicolas Véron, a capital-markets and foreign-investment expert with Brussels think tank Bruegel. "A large part...
While claiming he personally respects Karzai, Abdullah focuses on how little the President has been able to achieve in the past seven years (as both a nominated interim leader and an elected President) and promises that he will put an end to corruption and injustice. "Give me the power, so that I can return the power to you," he declares at his rallies - a catchphrase that has become another slogan. Yet even his supporters are vague about how, exactly, he plans to fulfill those promises. Saied Hussain Fakhri, 20, a campaign worker at the Kabul office, as well...