Sentence examples for option business from inspiring English sources

At that time, the beauty of the option business was just beginning to dawn on the auto industry.

Mass layoffs weren't an option, business owners said, because service would suffer.

Microsoft, an icon of the technology world, was a leader in creating the stock-option business culture that is still popular among hundreds of companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.

New York-based NASDAQ would take the stock exchanges and the American options business.

After enduring years of dwindling sales, the company said on Monday that it was exploring "strategic options" — business code for searching for a savior.

The Financial Services Authority said that the bank's J.P. Morgan Securities unit had not adequately protected billions of dollars in client money held by its futures and options business.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, in another sign of declining profitability of Wall Street trading, canceled a rebate program today that had helped the exchange compete for options business.

Since then, competition for options business has grown ever more steep -- but the competition has taken the form of paying brokers for order flow.

The investment bank UBS said it planned to acquire the global futures and options business of the financial services company ABN Amro for $386 million.

The Nasdaq Stock Market confirmed yesterday that it would acquire the Philadelphia Stock Exchange for $652 million to expand its presence in the fast-growing equity options business.

A large chunk of Salomon's options business originates with retail investors, he said, though he declined to cite a specific percentage.