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• LISTING REQUIREMENT
  
  Each organized securities exchange and stock market-including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq-Amex Market Group-has its own listing requirements, which a corporation must meet in order to have its stocks or bonds traded there. Among the criteria used for listing are a corporation's pretax earnings, number of outstanding shares, and minimum market value. For example, the NYSE, which has the most stringent requirements, requires pretax earnings of $2.5 million, a minimum of 1.1 million outstanding shares, and a minimum market value of $100 million.
  
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