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Business Definition for: Bulletin Board

  • a computer-based forum used by an interest group to allow members to exchange e-mails, chat online, and access software.
  • Also known as Newsgroup

Wiktionary Definition for: Bulletin Board

  • a board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space
  • # computing a system in which users may send, read and reply to messages of interest to no particular person; an electronic bulletin board

Additional Resources

ECN Ready to Pick Up Bulletin Board Stocks.(Nasdaq will launch Bulletin Board Exchange, a new electronic bulletin board system)(Brief Article)
A brawl is erupting over Bulletin Board trading. Nasdaq, which is awaiting regulatory approval to turn the OTC Bulletin Board into a market with strict listing standards, is squaring off against Archipelago. A 12-year headstart running the OTC Bulletin Board means Nasdaq...
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Quality
Research articles 2003-02-01
Listed' Stocks for Bulletin Board
The over-the-counter Bulletin Board - home for some obscure and thinly-traded stocks - would be transformed from a quotation service driven by dealers into a marketplace of listed stocks, under a far-reaching proposal pending with the SEC. Nasdaq's proposal has two main elements: The establishment of the Bulletin Board...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Quality, stock
Research articles 2002-01-01
ECN Ready to Pick Up Bulletin Board Stocks
A brawl is erupting over Bulletin Board trading. Nasdaq, which is awaiting regulatory approval to turn the OTC Bulletin Board into a market with strict listing standards, is squaring off against Archipelago. A 12-year headstart running the OTC Bulletin Board means Nasdaq handles most bulletin board transactions for...
Tags: board, Bulletin, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock
Research articles 2003-02-01
Bulletin Board Remodelling Risks and Benefits in New Exchange.
In with the new, but the old should be allowed to live on for a while longer. That appears to be Nasdaq's philosophy as it goes about replacing the OTC Bulletin Board OTCBB with the Bulletin Board Exchange BBX early next year. In what...
Tags: benefit, FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock
Research articles 2002-04-01
Bulletin Board Remodelling Risks and Benefits in New Exchange
In with the new, but the old should be allowed to live on for a while longer. That appears to be Nasdaq's philosophy as it goes about replacing the OTC Bulletin Board OTCBB with the Bulletin Board Exchange BBX early next year. In what some see as a risky...
Tags: benefit, FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock
Research articles 2002-04-01
iCommerce Group Announces Delisting of Its Common Stock From the OTC Bulletin Board
Business Editors KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 3, 2000 iCommerce Group Plans to Reapply for Listing On the OTC Bulletin Board iCommerce Group, Inc. (OTC - ICGI) announced today that its common stock has been delisted from the OTC Bulletin Board for failure to comply with the phase-in...
Tags: board, cigar, Company, SEC, stock
Research articles 2000-07-03
OTC stocks start to jockey for homes on new exchange; Bulletin Board to be replaced with all-electronic BBX system.(News)(Bulletin Board Exchange)
Byline: Katie Merx The Nasdaq stock exchange plans to phase out its Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board and phase in the Bulletin Board Exchange, or BBX, early next year, which means about 20 percent of Southeast Michigan's public companies will need new ticker symbols and to...
Tags: board, FINANCE, Investment, SEC, stock
Research articles 2002-11-18
Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. Announces Change of Name on the OTC Bulletin Board and Corresponding Ticker Symbol Changes
MCLEAN, Va. -- Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. ("GTT") (OTC Bulletin Board:GTLT), formerly known as Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp., announced today that effective immediately, the company will trade as Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. on the OTC Bulletin Board, and that its ticker symbols on the OTC Bulletin Board will...
Research articles 2006-11-29
A Bulletin Board Renaissance
The OTC Bulletin Board has been in the Dark Ages for more than a decade. Since 1990, this Luddite-type trading platform has operated by telephone, old-fashioned order-delivery, and with an expensive infrastructure. So it's logical to expect the Bulletin Board, which originated as a quote dissemination mechanism, to evolve into...
Tags: SECURITY
Research articles 2003-07-01
Cavico Announces Move to OTC Bulletin Board
HANOI, Vietnam -- Cavico Corp. (OTCBB:CVIC) today announces that their move to the OTC Bulletin Board has been completed. "Our move to the OTC Bulletin Board is an integral part of our growth strategy," said Ha Quang Bui, Cavico's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. "We believe that being quoted...
Tags: board, Company, NASD, Vietnam
Research articles 2008-04-03
Davy Jones Locker raided by FBI on charges of piracy. (computer bulletin board)
FBI agents have raided the Davy Jones Locker computer bulletin board headquarters in Millbury, Mass., which has been accused of illegally distributing copyrighted software. So far, FBI sources say no charges have been filed. But computers, telecommunications equipment and files were seized in the raid. ...
Tags: computer, FBI, Government, piracy, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 1992-06-15
Turning Pennies into dollars: (OTC Bulletin Board: NILT), (OTC Bulletin Board: CPHI), (NASDAQ: KERX).
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 February 2008-RealPennies.com: Turning Pennies into dollars: (OTC Bulletin Board: NILT), (OTC Bulletin Board: CPHI), (NASDAQ: KERX)C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07022008 Are you a public company looking for exposure? Contact RealPennies.com - 1.800.940.6559 For...
Tags: board, CEO, China, Company, conference, director, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Mr., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2008-02-07
Nasdaq Struggles With a Problem Child: Little Profits and Little Ability to Regulate?(Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board)
Nasdaq is stuck with the Bulletin Board lease. Nasdaq is stuck with the Bulletin Board lease.
Tags: Bulletin Board, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2004-05-01
Northwestern Begins Trading on NASD Bulletin Board
TORONTO -- Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: NWT) is pleased to announce that its common shares began trading on the NASD Bulletin Board under the symbol "NWTMF" at the opening of the market on Wednesday, August 25, 2004. The NASD Bulletin Board is a regulated quotation...
Tags: board, NASD
Research articles 2004-08-25
Pacific WebWorks Announces Today Their Acceptance To be Re-Listed On the Bulletin Board Exchange
SALT LAKE CITY--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 4, 1999-- Pacific WebWorks, Inc. (OTC BB:PWEB), announced today they have re-listed with the NASD on the OTC Bulletin Board. The NASD has informed the company that as of November 4, 1999 the company will be trading under the symbol PWEB on the OTC...
Tags: board, Business Wire, INTERNET, NASD, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1999-11-05
Golden Eagle Announces the Historic Clearance to Trade Its Stock On the OTC Bulletin Board
Business Editors SALT LAKE CITY--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 12, 2000 Golden Eagle International, Inc. (OTCBB:MYNG) announced today that the NASD has given J. Alexander Securities, Inc., clearance to quote Golden Eagle's common stock on the Over-the-Counter ("OTC") Bulletin Board. The NASD's clearance of Golden Eagle's stock for quotation on...
Tags: board, clearance, Company, Eagle, FINANCE, Investment, NASD, SEC, shareholder, stock
Research articles 2000-12-12
Dumping the Bulletin Board?
Nasdaq, which just had another difficult quarter, is said to be finally preparing to give up its Bulletin Board operation, sources told Traders Magazine. "They will turn it over to the NASD and let them run it," says one source, who wouldn't be quoted by name. "This is part...
Tags: board, Bulletin, NASD, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2004-12-01
Microtel's Common Shares are Planned to Trade On a New National Bulletin Board Exchange -BBX- to be Operated by the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. Following the Phasing-Out of the OTC Bulletin Board
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
Tags: Microtel Computer Systems, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2002-04-18
The Miami Herald Gregg Fields Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Dec. 11--Here's a notice you can put on the bulletin board: Several high-profile South Florida stocks have been demoted to the bulletin board. The reference here is to the Over-The-Counter bulletin board. Also known as the "pink sheets," it's where stocks that...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Miami, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock
Research articles 2000-12-13
A Bulletin Board Tech Guru.
The Bulletin Board is broken. Trading by telephone is an anachronism. Automation is the answer. That's the message trading technology pioneer Nick Niehoff has been preaching for the past four years. Niehoff is not your run-of-the-mill muckraker. He was a top...
Tags: Automation, board, Bulletin, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock, trader
Research articles 2003-03-01