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Affirmative obligations

NASD requirements imposed on Nasdaq Market maker, including: maintaining two-sided markets on a continuous Basis, quoting firm Bid and Ask prices, participating in the Small Order Execution System, and reporting price and Volume data for each Nasdaq security Transaction within 90 seconds of execution.

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