Business buzzwords: Last increment bidding

The data clearly illustrate that some of the participants in the PJM market are bidding their capacity at well above production costs; the bids include prices approaching 1,000 $/MW, and they also show the so-called '..... stick' bidding of the last increment of capacity at a very high price.

I tell my broker, "Buy Soybeans at 662.50," but then I find out I was filled at 663.00, two ticks off my price: the two ticks is called ......

When the pot is ....., the underwriter has no more of the issue to sell to interested investors; if there is still interest in the issue and nothing left for an underwriter to offer, it is probable that the issue was underpriced and oversubscribed.

A leader in sales & contact management since 1995 with over 1 million users worldwide, ..... Sales Contact Manager makes it easy to succeed by effectively managing your time, customers, and sales.

The All Industry index may spark some interest, but the most meaningful event will not come from the calendar but rather from the completion of the G-20 meeting: if the ..... make any aggressive comments about yen weakness, USD/JPY may be in for more selling as the week progresses.

Here, we emphasize the reaction of holders of preferred stock to the call announcement, and examine their decision to sell the convertible rather than convert it; this ..... effect explains the increase in trading volume and also has important spillover effects into the market-making activity in the underlying common stock.

Firms are throwing millions of dollars at university IP portfolios without regard to what is actually in the portfolio - are we seeing another ..... investment strategy that will take us to another nanotech bubble bursting because they are ill-informed and believe nanotech is still so far off for ROI that only IP is available?

A Pork ..... is an arrangement on the floor of the NYSE whereby clerks cover the booth of a floor broker and accept orders, phone calls, and associated tasks; this arrangement is beneficial to the floor brokers as it allows them to handle business outside the floor while still taking orders and maintaining trading requirements.

Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 stipulates that once someone obtains five percent of a firm's stock, that person has 10 days to file a disclosure form; but during this period, the potential bidder can continue to make open market purchases, so ..... purchases may be larger than 5% of a target firm.

RBC Dominion Securities is accused of ..... trading in shares of the firm's parent, Royal Bank of Canada; four of its traders are accused of buying and selling $33 million worth of shares at the same time - improperly taking both sides of the trades - to cut risks they faced because of a series of trading errors and misunderstandings.