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 Most Valuable Brands 2015. The Apple brand is now worth $145.3 billion by our count, up 17% over 2014. The brand ranks on top of Forbesâ list of the Worldâs Most Valuable Brands for a fifth straight time and is worth twice as much as any other brand on the planet.