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TDAmeritrade buys options broker (The Globe and Mail)
Discount stock brokerage TDAmeritrade Holding Corp. said Thursday it has struck a $606-million (U.S.) cash and stock deal to take over Thinkorswim Group Inc., a smaller but fast-growing player that specializes in options trading and what it calls investor education.

TD Ameritrade to purchase thinkorswim for $606M (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is buying thinkorswim Group Inc. for $606 million to strengthen its trading business and add new tools for advanced options, futures and other trades.

TD Ameritrade agrees $606m deal to buy thinkorswim (Finextra)
US online brokerage TD Ameritrade has moved to boost its options trading business by agreeing to buy thinkorswim in a cash and stock deal worth ...

RCN Metro Optical Networks Enables Ballista Securities' Clients to Trade at the Speed of Light (Centre Daily Times)
RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that Ballista Securities, operator of the new Ballista ATS for block options and delta neutral orders, will be using RCN Metro's Ethernet network to connect to the major trading floors in New York and Chicago.

RCN Metro Optical Networks Enables Ballista Securities Clients to Trade at the Speed of Light (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HERNDON, Va.----RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that Ballista Securities, operator of the new Ballista ATS for block options and delta neutral orders, will be using RCN Metro's Ethernet network to connect to the major trading floors in New York and Chicago.

TDAmeritrade buys options broker (Investment Executive)
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. has agreed to buy online brokerage firm thinkorswim Group in a cash and stock deal valued at about US$606 million.

TD Ameritrade to purchase thinkorswim for $606M (Boston Herald)
OMAHA, Neb. - Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is buying thinkorswim Group Inc. for $606 million to strengthen its trading business and add new tools for advanced...

Education Center (CattleNetwork.com)
The market had a major sell off yesterday and will now need to hold $85.20 to keep rally possibilities intact. The break yesterday reversed trade back below both long and short term pivot points. At this time I think that the Dec rally was the first leg up of a larger rally.

TD AMERITRADE To Acquire thinkorswim (Finance Technology Network)
TD AMERITRADE To Acquire thinkorswim

TD Ameritrade to buy Thinkorswim Group for US$606 million (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
OMAHA, Neb. - Retail brokerage firm TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Thursday it will acquire Thinkorswim Group Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth US$606 million.