A few hours later, the NYSE's chief executive, John Thain, confronted a different, but more certain, threat to the 212-year-old exchange: technological obsolescence.As Mr Thain acknowledged, large institutions have become increasingly critical of the exchange.
His answer is to develop swifter, more lethal ways to fight, including pre-emptive strikes, although he acknowledged, "Big institutions aren't swift on their feet" in adapting but rather "ponderous and clumsy and slow".
"The role of cities as first points of arrival, transit hubs and ultimate destinations is well established and widely acknowledged by institutions and stakeholders at national and European level," the report states.
"African-American literary criticism has a long and rich history," she said, "but it wasn't always acknowledged by institutions like the MLA.
While acknowledging other institutions, the course will focus on our own campus history, examining varied approaches to updating our collegiate Gothic campus architecture and layout from the construction of Levi Hall (the Administration Building) in the 1940s to the present.
Although designer's contribution in the economy is widely acknowledged, in design institutions, developing courses which enable design student about economics is still limited or disregarded.
Officials at both institutions acknowledged that any kind of joint agreement, even one that falls short of a full-scale merger, would have to include difficult labor negotiations.
Unless Columbia and like-minded institutions acknowledged that, universities would be left behind as other companies became the developers and disseminators of knowledge in the emerging new medium.
Treasury officials said they had not yet prodded any banks to repay the government, and they acknowledged that some institutions were still too troubled to be weaned from the support.
"I don't mind if they're organising rendition flights, as long as they're not just sitting on their arses!" Since 1986, when the existence of a secret intelligence service was first grudgingly acknowledged, all three institutions have been flirting with the limelight.
The discrete-choice approach is explicitly recommended and acknowledged by regulatory institutions evaluating methods for the measurement of patient preferences to weight and rank single preferences [14].
