 In comparison, NYSE had annual listing fees as high as $500,000, and Nasdaq up to $155,000.The "Wall Street Journal" wrote that the approval paved "the way for the first competition to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc. in nearly a decade... Companies seeking to list their shares on a U.S. exchange haven’t had a choice besides NYSE or Nasdaq since 2008, when the American Stock Exchange was acquired by NYSE.