text: NYSE Bans First Specialist in Probe  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange on  Wednesday said it permanently barred a former Van der Moolen  Specialists USA &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=VDMN.AS target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;VDMN.AS&lt;/A&gt; trader, the first individual to be  punished as part of a broader probe by regulators into NYSE  floor-trading abuses.