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The Launch of The New York Stock Exchange

  By Witnify Admin • May 17, 2016 Uncategorized
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The Buttonwood Agreement took place on May 17, 1792, when 24 stockbrokers met outside of 68 Wall Street under a Buttonwood tree, launching what would become the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called the New York Stock Exchange.  The organization later drafted its constitution on March 8, 1817, … Continue reading

Tagged   New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street
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Zuckerberg Admits His Biggest Mistake

  By Witnify • May 15, 2014 Uncategorized
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg explains in a 2012 interview at TechCrunch Disrupt how not focusing on mobile traffic hurt his company’s initial public offering (IPO) and describes the worst mistake the company has ever made.

Tagged   2010s, Business, Computer, Facebook, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, Science and Technology, Wall Street
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Rep. Ellen Tauscher on the Past & Future of the NYSE

  By Witnify • March 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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Ellen Tauscher remembers what it was like to be one of the first woman on the New York Stock Exchange. Continue reading

Tagged   Business, Ellen Tauscher, Politics and History, Wall Street
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Muriel Siebert on Being the First Woman on Wall Street

  By Witnify • March 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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Muriel Siebert discusses the how she got her start on Wall Street as an analyst and describes how buying her own seat on the stock exchange was the only way to stop making just 60% of what men were taking home. Continue reading

Tagged   1950s, Business, Muriel Siebert, Politics and History, Wall Street, Women
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Jordan Belfort: The Real Wolf of Wall Street

  By Witnify • February 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jordan Belfort, the real Wolf of Wall Street, discusses his reaction to the movie and explains how he lost his ethical way. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Jordan Belfort, Leonardo DiCaprio, Wall Street, Wolf of Wall Street
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