Capitalists of the Prairie

摘要

It's 9:30 in the morning and the playgrounds of u.s. capi-talism are open for business. On the bustling floor of the NYSE in lower Manhattan, brokers call out orders as CNBC anchors Erin Burnett and Mark Haines try to put a brave face on the latest industrial-production numbers. A few miles uptown, in Times Square, the NASDAQ, market electronic bell signals the beginning of trading. And in an upscale suburban strip mall outside Kansas City, Mo.-near Latte Land and the Land of Paws pet boutique-business is just getting underway at BATS, America's third largest stock exchange.