For crying out loud [[electronic resource] ] : from open outcry to the electronic screen / / Leo Melamed
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| Autore: |
Melamed Leo
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| Titolo: |
For crying out loud [[electronic resource] ] : from open outcry to the electronic screen / / Leo Melamed
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 332.6440973 |
| 332.6452 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Commodity exchanges - Illinois - Chicago - History |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | For Crying Out Loud: From Open Outcry to the Electronic Screen; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Part I: Battling the Tyranny of the Status Quo; Part II: Messenger from the Futures; Part III: Appendixes; Notes; About the Author; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Praise of For Crying Out Loud ""Endowed with strong parents and a bit of luck, Leo Melamed has made a remarkable escape from Nazi occupied Poland to building one of the pinnacles of global finance. Over four decades and more, he was the leading force in bringing his beloved 'Merc' from obscure trading pits for butter and eggs, and pork bellies to a model of electronic efficiency, handling billions of financial contracts, almost instantaneously with certainty of execution. Leo's pride in the Merc's safeguards against risk are justified by its sustained market performance in t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | For crying out loud |
| ISBN: | 1-119-19771-6 |
| 1-282-36929-6 | |
| 9786612369292 | |
| 0-470-53080-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910841601103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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