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.
FROM THE MAGAZINE. 1  India's most valuable companies for 2015. 2  TCS remains one of the top IT stock bets. 3  Motherson Sumi's mkt cap has grown 46.4% in one yr.  BT 500: List of India's most valuable 1  companies. 2  1.  2. 3.