1
: exchange sense 5a
specifically
: a European stock exchange
2
: a sale of numismatic or philatelic items on tables (as at a convention)
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Shares of the retailer have jumped 41% since their debut on Tokyo’s Growth bourse, making founder Hisao Nagata, 67, a billionaire.
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Catherine Wang, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Chan is the bourse operator’s first woman CEO, after serving as the company’s co-chief operating officer at HKEX.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 27 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong will lower its stamp duty on stock transfers and reduce bourse market data fees, part of efforts to boost the competitiveness of one of Asia’s largest stock markets.
—Ben Otto, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
The Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange, the country’s main bourse, shed on Monday nearly 3% in the first hours of trading after news began circulating about the imminent resignation of the president.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Bill Ackman and his wife Neri Oxman have bought a stake in the Tel Aviv bourse, marking one of the highest-profile investments in Israel since its war with Hamas erupted.
—Galit Altstein, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
The rosy outlook radiates across Japan, where a perennially sluggish economy is now predicted to grow faster than those of the U.S. and Europe, its bourse riding a three-decade high.
—Time, 13 Nov. 2023
The healthcare sector topped gains in the Hong Kong bourse.
—WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
Didi, once feted as the national champion that pushed Uber Technologies Inc. out of the country, was driven off New York’s main bourse after Chinese regulators launched investigations into the security of its data.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
Catherine Wang, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Chan is the bourse operator’s first woman CEO, after serving as the company’s co-chief operating officer at HKEX.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 27 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong will lower its stamp duty on stock transfers and reduce bourse market data fees, part of efforts to boost the competitiveness of one of Asia’s largest stock markets.
—Ben Otto, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
The Ho Chi Minh City stock exchange, the country’s main bourse, shed on Monday nearly 3% in the first hours of trading after news began circulating about the imminent resignation of the president.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Bill Ackman and his wife Neri Oxman have bought a stake in the Tel Aviv bourse, marking one of the highest-profile investments in Israel since its war with Hamas erupted.
—Galit Altstein, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
The rosy outlook radiates across Japan, where a perennially sluggish economy is now predicted to grow faster than those of the U.S. and Europe, its bourse riding a three-decade high.
—Time, 13 Nov. 2023
The healthcare sector topped gains in the Hong Kong bourse.
—WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
Didi, once feted as the national champion that pushed Uber Technologies Inc. out of the country, was driven off New York’s main bourse after Chinese regulators launched investigations into the security of its data.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Bourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bourse. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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