NYP Says NYSE Will Be Sold, CNBC Report Says Not So Fast

CNBC could lose its primary television set on Wall Street, as the sale of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) – including its historic trading floor – is likely to occur in 2015, according to a Sunday New York Post report.

ICE laying the ground work for NYSE sale

The owner of the “big board,” derivatives exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is reported to be laying the ground work for the sale. The NYSE has struggled to maintain its once dominate profitability after “dark pools” were allowed by regulators to trade stocks and compete with the once dominate institution.

Not so fast, says a CNBC report this morning. "We've said over and over that...