NASDAQ

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) was founded in 1971.

NYSE and NASDAQ are separate for-profit enterprises.

The cost to be listed on NASDAQ can vary significantly based on the type of listing and the specific requirements of the company. Initial listing fees generally range from $150,000 to $225,000, depending on the market tier (NASDAQ Global Select, Global Market, or Capital Market). Additionally, companies must pay annual fees, which can range from $45,000 to $160,000. Other costs may include legal and advisory fees associated with the listing process.

Apple's representation in the NASDAQ index was reduced to 12.33% of the index on May 2, 2011 from 20.49%.

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It's not listed at all since it's a private company owned by foundation based in the Netherlands.

Apple stock was first publicly available on December 12, 1980 and was priced at $22 per share.

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It depends on what stock you are trading. Most markets orders fill in less than a second but there are times in which a stock may be experiencing very high or very low volume in which markets orders may take longer.

The Sears company falls under the larger Sears Holdings Corporation since they merged with Kmart in 2005. Sears Holdings Corporation trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SHLD. As of end of trading day 4/15/2008 it was $101.32/share.

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The Nasdaq Composite Index - <.IXIC> closed on December 29, 2006 the day (and the year) at 2,415.29. DJI closed the same day at 12,463.15 (+ 6,4% growth 2007-2006). This year's (December 31, 2007) Nasdaq closing was 2,652.28, for a pretty decent growth 12 month of 9,8%. Data was obtained from www.reportebursatil.net, a web site inside the www.tecnologiahechapalabra.com science&technology portal, which has a simple and straightforward table showing day by day closing numbers of Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Seul, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Madrid, Europe 300 index, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Mexico, Caracas and the U.S.' Dow Jones Industrials and Nasdaq indexes. The table has a dropdown for selecting the desired date for the quotation. There, you can see the strongest year growth was experienced in Sao Paulo's Bovespa index, 43,8%; followed by Hong Kong's Hang Seng (39,3%) and South Korea's Kospi index (32,3%). Also impresive was the gain in Franfurt (the DAXX), 22% on the year. On the other hand, the worst performers (in reportebursatil.com table) were Tokyo (the Nikkei fell 11,1%) and Caracas, a very small bourse obviosly shaken by the economic policies present nowadays in Venezuela, causing it to show a disastrous performance of - 27,4%.

The ticker symbol for uWink corporation is UWKI and it is traded on the Over-The-Counter OTC Bulletin Board.

The ticker symbol for Mannkind corporation is MNKD and it is traded on the NASDAQ.

As of April 2012, Ally Bank has not had a successful IPO. Therefore, there is no stock ticker symbol for its privately-held shares.