American Stock Exchange

NYSE Alternext U.S., formerly known as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) is an American stock exchange situated in New York. AMEX was a mutual organization, owned by its members. Until 1953 it was known as the New York Curb Exchange. On January 17, 2008 NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the American Stock Exchange for $260 million in stock. On October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed acquisition of the American Stock Exchange. Before the closing of the acquisition, NYSE Euronext announced that the Exchange will be integrated with Alternext European small-cap exchange and renamed NYSE Alternext U.S.

MSI GX620 And GX720 Gaming Laptop

MSI has introduced a couple new gaming laptop based on the new Intel Montevina/Centrino 2 platform, known as the GX620 and GX720. Both of models features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a turbo overclocking button, up to 4GB DDR2 RAM (upgradeable), a nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB graphics card, a 320GB of hard drive, Draft-N wireless, HDMI output, built-in 2.0 Mega Pixel Webcam, and Blu-ray drive option. The difference between two models above is — the GX620 comes with 15.4-inch LCD display, while the GX720 has 17-inch TFT-LCD widescreen display boasting a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixel and 16:10 of aspect ratio.

Toshiba's the Qosmio X300

As with most gaming machines, the X300 comes packed with premium specifications, from the latest 2.53GHz Centrino 2 processor and 4GB DDR3 RAM to dual 250GB hard drives and a 17-inch WXGA TFT display. It also features an onboard 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9700M GTS GPU which should handle most new games smoothly, though there is no mention on whether it will support Nvidia's PhysX technology.
The X300 is expected to retail at S$4,099 (US$2,743.09) from end August.

Maingear eX-L Gaming Laptop

The eX-L gaming laptop by Maingear is a beast, possesing a 3.06 GHz Core 2 Extreme X9100 processor, armed with a couple of ATI GPUs or a single NVIDIA unit, with a 17" display, built-in speakers with subwoofers and 802.11n WiFi. Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed but expect to fork out a beastly sum of dough for this one.

Evesham Zieo NX600-HDX

Who would have thought Evesham could have give us a gaming laptop, well guess what they have and the Zieo NX600-HDX is one hell of a gaming laptop. Ok lets us get the first thing out of the way first the price, you are looking at £1900 that that over $3800 has that stopped your heart yet. The NX600-HD was already a good laptop but the NX600-HDX, with the X meaning Xtreme you really are in for a treat.

According to Cheap Laptops the processor used is the 2.8GHz Intel Core2Duo, which works hard with the 4GB of RAM, you get a 200GB 7200rpm hard drive and the sexy NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 512MB graphics card. The Evesham Zieo NX600-HDX has a 17-inch display that helps to show of the truly amazing graphics.

MSI GX700 Gaming Laptop

The general perception of anything high tech and feminine is either Tombraider or Hello Kitty, so it’s good to see that someone is taking the effort to do something different. The new 17″ gaming laptop MSI GX700 from MSI feature a feminine beauty on the top. Her elegant features mesmerize you and her specs…err the laptop’s specs are impressive. It boasts of a 1.3M embedded webcam, Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology, nVidia Geforce 8600M GT 512MB, Full DiretX 10 support, HDMI output, 4.1 Channel Speakers and optional Embedded TV Tuner.

Gateway P-6831FX Gaming Laptop

The Gateway P-6831FX is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 processor, 3GB od DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS with 512MB and a 250GB hard drive, 17-inch 1440×900 Ultrabright LCD display, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, integrated speakers and 1.3 Megapixel webcam and a 5-in-1 card reader.

Acer Aspire 8930

As for the specs fo the Acer Aspire 8930, its a 18.4-inch that boasts Intel’s new Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9000 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB 7200 SATA hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT graphics with 512MB of dedicated video memory. It will however cost $1800, which is quite alot for an Acer. Check out some pictures of the Acer Aspire 8930 below…

forex market

forex market

Trade Around the Clock

The forex market is a near-seamless 24-hour market. Subject to available liquidity, FXCM offers trading from Sunday, starting after 5:15 PM EST, until Friday, 4PM, EST (FXCM Client Service is available 24/7). With the ability to trade around the clock, currency traders have the advantage of customizing their own trading schedule; they can usually get in or out of the market at any time without waiting for an opening bell or encountering a market gap. While trading stocks after usual market hours is possible, very often that possibility is negated by a lack of order flow or a drastic widening of the bid-ask spread.

GCI FINANCIAL

GCI FINANCIAL

Daily Cost of Carry ("Premium")
CFD/Share Trading Account

Some positions held past 5PM EST (New York time) will be subject to Cost of Carry charges/credits as detailed in the "Reference Prices" window of your trading platform. This cost is set at 0% to 8% per annum of the notional value of the position, depending on the product. Individual shares are charged 8% per annum for long positions and 2% per annum for short positions.

This equates to about $0.00 to $1.00 per lot per day for most instruments.


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Standard Forex Account

Overnight carry charges for Standard Forex trading are indicated in the "Currency Reference Rates" or "Instruments" window of the trading platform, but quoted directly in dollars per lot per day (Euros per lot per day for Euro-denominated accounts). The average cost is about $5 per lot per day, or about 1/2 pip per day, for currencies. Clients can pay or receive this amount, based on their margin settings.


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Mini Forex Account

Overnight carry charges for Mini Forex trading are indicated in the "Currency Reference Rates" or "Instruments" window of the trading platform, quoted in dollars per lot per day (Euros per lot per day for Euro-denominated accounts). The average cost is about $0.50 per lot per day, or about 1/2 pip per day, for currencies.


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MetaTrader Accounts

Positions held past 5PM EST (New York time) will be subject to Cost of Carry charges/credits. This cost is set at 0% to 8% per annum of the notional value of the position, depending on the product. Forex cost of carry charges are based on interbank convention and other instruments are charged a fixed amount based on the margin requirement of the product

Intel touts developing-world laptop

Intel touts developing-world laptop

Intel yesterday unveiled its take on a low-cost laptop for the developing world - the wireless-enabled, handle-equipped, education-oriented 'Eduwise' notebook. It can run Windows or Linux, the chip giant said.