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Note 19: BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The Company has two reportable business segments: Equity Markets and
Asset Management. Equity markets includes two geographic classifications:
domestic and international. Domestic equity markets primarily represents
market-making in U.S. equity securities listed on Nasdaq, on the OTCBB
of the NASD, in the Nasdaq Intermarket™ and in U.S. options
on individual equities, equity indices and fixed income futures instruments.
International equity markets includes market-making in equities in
Europe and Japan and in options in Europe and Australia. Market-making
in Europe and Australia was discontinued during 2002. The Asset Management
segment consists of investment management and sponsorship of the Deephaven
Fund.
The Company’s net revenues, income before income taxes and minority
interest and assets by segment are summarized below: |
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