31.   They now trade on the so-called pink sheets, which include stocks that no longer meet the minimum requirement of the major exchanges.

32.   Until the computers are reprogrammed, the Big Board will allow trading in sixteenths, as the other major exchanges have already done.

33.   A round of visits would be the first major exchange since Koo made a watershed visit to China last October.

34.   A round of visits would be the first major exchange since foundation Chairman Koo Chen-fu made a watershed visit to China last October.

35.   Active lists of all the major exchanges were studded with gold stocks.

36.   All major exchanges opened on schedule after blizzard conditions forced a delayed opening and early close on Monday.

37.   An extended and powerful rally in tech stocks had been providing much of the fuel propelling the Nasdaq, the Big Board and other major exchanges forward this year.

38.   An extended rally in tech stock has provided most of the power in the fuel propelling the Nasdaq, the Big Board and other major exchanges forward this year.

39.   Broad-market indexes were lower, with all major exchanges opening on schedule after blizzard conditions forced a delayed opening and early close on Monday.

40.   Floor trading is still done in New York and Frankfurt, Germany but other major exchanges have already gone completely electronic.