Aimed at moving additional trading from the shadows into regulated exchanges, the plan faced intense opposition from the financial industry.
[C10.] Panel Backs Merger of Exchanges The plan to merge the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges moved a step forward when the supervisory board of the German exchange voted to approve the deal.
After talks in Kuala Lumpur with its Singaporean counterpart, the exchange called the plan "part of a comprehensive and expeditious solution".
From that exchange emerged the plan that Mr. Cain calls 9-9-9: a flat 9 percent individual income tax rate, a 9 percent corporate tax rate and a 9 percent national sales tax.
The exchange filed the plan in late January with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the S.E.C. declared the registration statement effective late Tuesday, paving the way for a vote by members.
"We had a candid discussion on the challenges facing the exchange, and the plan that is being put in place to get the program on track," Aetna Inc spokeswoman Cynthia Michener said.
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the pilot for the national exchange), the bronze plan is by far the most popular.
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In a July 2008 letter, the exchange argued that the plan "must have teeth" and "credibility".
Back to reality: Forty-six percent of the people who bought plans on the exchanges said the plans were less expensive than the ones they had in 2013, according to a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation survey from March and April.
