The mourning dove is a medium-sized, slender dove approximately 31 cm (12 in) in length. Mourning doves weigh 112â170 g (4.0â6.0 oz), usually closer to 128 g (4.5 oz). The elliptical wings are broad, and the head is rounded. Its tail is long and tapered (macroura comes from the Greek words for large and tail).
NYSE Group merges with Euronext, creating NYSE Euronext, the first trans-Atlantic stock exchange group. ICE launches ICE Clear Europe, UK's first new clearing house in a century; acquires Creditex and YellowJacket. NYSE Euronext acquires the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
Stock exchange. Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (or Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser in Dutch), the world's first formal stock exchange. The first formal stock market in its modern sense, was a pioneering innovation by the VOC managers and shareholders in the early 1600s.