A house for sale in Pittsburgh United Press Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, left $ 6.5 billion in corporate branding Monday to help expand its footprint in the U.S. mortgage sector. That’s more than half of the $ 11 billion that ICE ICE, + …
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