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.
Fortune and survey partner Hey Group established the World's Most Admired Companies ranking. To arrive at the top 50, 4,170 executives, directors and securities analysts were asked to select 10 companies they admired the most. Anyone could vote for any company in any industry. Category:Brand Popularity.