http://www.americansharemarket.com/ Organized marketplace in which share, common share equivalents, and bonds are traded by members of the exchange, acting both as agents (brokers) and as principals (dealers or traders). Such exchanges have a physical location where brokers and dealers meet to execute orders from institutional and individual investors to buy and sell securities. Tue Jan 2009 AmericanShareMarket RSS NEWS - http://www.americansharemarket.com http://www.americansharemarket.com/read_new2096.html Surety bonds assure project owners that contractors would carry out the work and pay subcontractors, laborers, and material suppliers in agreement with the contract documents. There are basically three types of contract surety bonds: 1. The bid bond assure that the bid has been submitted in faith and the contractor will enter into the contract at the price bid and provide required performance and payment bonds.... Sun Jun 2008