A clearing house is an intermediary between buyers and sellers of financial instruments. Further, it is an agency or separate corporation of a futures exchange responsible for settling trading accounts, clearing trades, collecting and maintaining margin monies, regulating delivery, and reporting trading data.
All the world's 10 most valuable companies, including Alphabet, Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT), are based in the U.S., according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ based on the S&P Global 1200 index. Alphabet's rise to No. 1 with a market value Tuesday of $554.8 billion is a historic moment.
The World's Top 10 Telecommunications Companies. The worldâs top 10 telecommunications companies each have a market value of over $50 billion. Servicing the worldâs ever-growing telephone and wireless connection needs, the telecommunications industry is forecast to continue to expand operations on a global level.