Patagon . com, de Buenos Aires, fue la primera en realizar una transaccion bursatil electronica de la region en junio de 1998, cuando un chileno compro acciones en la argentina YPF . Patagon . com realiza ahora 2.000 transacciones diarias, por un valor mensual del US $ 21 millones.
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The Argentine researcher Miguel Doura observed that the name Patagonia possibly derives from the ancient Greek region of modern Turkey called Paflagonia, possible home of the " patagon " personage in the chivalric romances " Primaleon " printed in 1512, ten years before Magellan arrived in these southern lands.
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Buenos Aires-based Patagon . com was first out of the gate, completing the region's first electronic transaction in June 1998, when a Chilean bought shares in Argentine energy concern YPF . The broker now does 2, 000 trades a day and racks up about $ 21 million in transactions a month.
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Chase Manhattan, Hyatt Legal Services, Stanford University, Jackson Securities, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, New York City Investment Fund, Mayfield Fund, Corradini & Company, The Duberstein Group, Barnes & Thornburg, Sapient Corporation, Vestar Capital Partners, Urban Health Initiative, Harvard University, JumpStart, The ASHOKA Foundation, Public Allies, Kirshenbaum Bond Partners, MassHysteria . com, Chrysler Corporation, Into Networks, Endeavor Fund, Sportsline . com, Vignette, Premier Asset Management, Star Media Networks, Patagon . com, COTESA, S . A . de C . V ., Chrysalis Capital, First International Resources Inc ., ISI Emerging Markets.