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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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Bernie Madoff
Former Bernie Madoff Employee on His Inability to Find a Job

  By Witnify • March 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Laurence Curtis Ward, a former employee of Madoff's, discusses what he felt when he heard the breaking news of the Ponzi scheme and explains the challenges he has faced since with Madoff's company on his resume. Continue reading

Tagged   2000s, Bernie Madoff, Business, Crime, Politics and History
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Bernie Madoff
NYT Reporter Diana Henriques on Bernie Madoff's Charm

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Diana Henriques, reporter for the New York Times, remembers Bernie Madoff's unique version of charm that made you drop your guard. Continue reading

Tagged   2000s, Bernie Madoff, Business, Crime, Politics and History
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Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff's Son on Turning His Father Into the FBI

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Andrew Madoff, the son of convicted investor Bernie Madoff, remembers what it was like for he and his brother to turn their father into the FBI. Continue reading

Tagged   2000s, Bernie Madoff, Business, Crime, Politics and History
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Facebook
Sheryl Sandberg Explains How Zuckerberg Convinced Her to Work For Facebook

  By Witnify • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sheryl Sandberg remembers how Mark Zuckerberg was able to convince her to work for him and she shares her opinion of the young Facebook creator. Continue reading

Tagged   Business, Facebook, Science and Technology, Sheryl Sandberg

Barbie
The Origin of the Barbie Doll

  By Witnify • March 6, 2014 Uncategorized
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Ruth Handler, wife of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, explains where she got the idea for a Barbie doll from and how the doll was named. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Barbie, Business, Mattel, Women
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Apple Inc.
From the Homebrew Computer Club to Apple Inc.

  By Sarah Dejak • March 5, 2014 Uncategorized
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Steve Wozniak explains how his personality affected the beginning of The Homebrew Computer Club as well as how Steve Jobs took a particular fondness to the way Wozniak handled computers, creating the idea of starting the Apple company. Continue reading

Tagged   Apple Inc., Business, Homebrew Computer Club, Science and Technology, Steve Wozniak
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Microsoft
Satya Nadella: Microsoft’s CEO

  By Morgan Birck • February 28, 2014 Uncategorized
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Satya Nadella shares about who he is, why he wanted to be CEO, and what he wants to do with Microsoft. Continue reading

Tagged   2010s, Business, Microsoft, Satya Nadella, Science and Technology
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Joseph Merrick
[Text] Manager-Showman Defends His Business With the ‘Elephant Man’

  By Virginia Choi • February 28, 2014 Uncategorized
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"The big majority of showmen are in the habit of treating their novelties as human beings, and in a large number of cases as one of their own, and not like beasts…" Continue reading

Tagged   Business, Disease, Health, Joseph Merrick, Science and Technology
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ABSCAM
Mel Weinberg Discusses Gifts He Received as Part of ABSCAM

  By Witnify • February 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Mel Weinberg discusses gifts he received as part of Abscam scandal, the FBI investigation that inspired the movie American Hustle. Continue reading

Tagged   ABSCAM, American Hustle, Arts and Culture, Business, Christian Bale, FBI, Jennifer Lawrence, Mel Weinberg, Politics and History
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