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• Ameritrade Sets Date for Special Meeting of Shareholders to Vote on TD Waterhouse Acquisition; Definitive Proxy Statement Filed with SEC; Company Expects Acquisition to Close on January 24

  - 2005-12-05

  OMAHA, Neb. -- Ameritrade Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:AMTD) today announced that a special meeting of shareholders will be held on January 4, 2006, to obtain approval of Ameritrade shareholders on the acquisition by Ameritrade of the U.S. retail securities brokerage business of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. The Company also announced...

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• Ameritrade Announces That Tom Bradley Will Lead Institutional Services and John Bunch Will Direct Branch Distribution for TD Ameritrade

  - 2005-10-03

  OMAHA, Neb. -- Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:AMTD) today announced that Tom Bradley will oversee the independent investment advisor services business and John Bunch will head the branch network and investment centers for the combined TD Ameritrade. The appointments will be effective on closing of the Company's acquisition of TD Waterhouse....

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• Ameritrade Holding Corporation Appoints Jerry Bartlett Chief Information Officer

  - 2005-09-09

  OMAHA, Neb. -- Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:AMTD) today appointed Jerry Bartlett as the Company's new Chief Information Officer. Bartlett will assume the role immediately and be responsible for all Information Technology initiatives at Ameritrade, including business technology planning, application development, product development, physical and information security as well as IT...

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• Pete Ricketts Announces Plans to Leave Ameritrade to Explore Opportunities in Public Service

  - 2005-08-04

  OMAHA, Neb. -- Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:AMTD) Chief Operating Officer Pete Ricketts today announced that he plans to leave the Company to explore an opportunity in public service. The change is effective August 26, 2005. Ricketts will continue to serve as Vice-Chairman and a member of Ameritrade's Board of Directors....

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• Ameritrade rebuffs E*TRADE's offer.(Reverse Spin)

  - 2005-05-16

  Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. Thanks, but no thanks. That pretty much sums up Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s answer to rival online broker E*TRADE Financial Corp. after the latter offered to buy it. ...

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• At Deadline

  - 2004-04-01

  Reg T Fines *Datek, iClearing, Ameritrade and Financial Services, LLC Datek all improperly extended credit to clients, violating federal securities laws, according to NASD. It has fined the firms $10 million. "NASD determined that the firms permitted cash account customers to purchase and sell securities in a series of...

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• At Deadline.(brief)

  - 2004-04-01

  Reg T Fines *Datek, iClearing, Ameritrade and Financial Services, LLC Datek all improperly extended credit to clients, violating federal securities laws, according to NASD. It has fined the firms $10 million. "NASD determined that the firms permitted cash account customers to purchase and...

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• Ameritrade May Be Sanctioned by SEC for Division's Day Trading Violations.

  - 2003-08-12

  By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 12--Ameritrade, the Omaha online brokerage, faces the possibility of disciplinary action because Datek, an online brokerage that Ameritrade ac...uired last year, violated day-trading rules. Ameritrade Holding Corp. said...

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• Ameritrade Sets September 5 for Special Meeting of Shareholders to Vote On Datek Merger; Registration Statement Declared Effective by SEC

  - 2002-08-06

  Business Editors OMAHA, Neb.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 6, 2002 Ameritrade Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:AMTD) today announced that a special meeting of shareholders will be held on September 5, 2002. Shareholders will vote on the adoption of the merger agreement in connection with the merger with Datek Online Holdings Corporation. Ameritrade shareholders...

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• At Deadline

  - 2001-08-01

  ECN Review *Nasdaq's technological problems have spooked some regulators. And now ECN officials are worried that regulators are overreacting. The SEC is thinking about requiring ECNs to live up to the same technology standards as stock exchanges. The so-called Automation Review Policy ARP is a set of guidelines. It...

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