# Prof. Roy Smith on the acquisition of the New York Stock Exchange

1 Faculty News December 20, 2012 ![NPR logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030855.jpg?itok=Ti1_93MD)>

Excerpt from [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2012/12/20/167739906/nyse-to-change-hands-in-8-2-billion-deal) -- "The company still has old-fashioned floor traders buying and selling stocks, but not nearly as many as they used to. And NYU's [Roy Smith](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/roy-smith) says they probably will disappear once the merger with ICE takes place."
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