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  Ticker tape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stock tickers in various buildings were connected using technology based on the then-recently invented telegraph machines, with the advantage that the output was readable text, instead of the dots and dashes of Morse code.
Stock ticker machines are an ancestor of the modern computer printer, being one of the first applications of transmitting text over a wire to a printing device.
Ticker tape parades generally celebrated some significant event, such as the end of a World War, or the safe return of one of the early astronauts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stock_ticker   (456 words)

  
 Stock Ticker History - www.stocktickercompany.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It is comprised of a lever with the free end traveling on a spiral or worm, on the type-wheel shaft, until it met a pin at the end of the worm, thus obstructing the shaft and leaving the type wheels at the zero point until released by the print lever.
Printing telegraphs and stock tickers would represent the first 40 of the 1,093 patents that Edison would be awarded throughout his career.
The Universal Stock Ticker was Edison's first commercial success and established him with Wall Street connections that would fund development at his Menlo Park laboratory, as well as funding many of his greatest inventions, including the incandescent electric light bulb.
www.stocktickercompany.com /history.html   (2531 words)

  
 Universal Stock Ticker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
As it turns out, the stock ticker adds a lot to the scene in the movie because we were able to take some close-ups of it, record the sounds, and work it into the suspense of the film," notes Douglas Harlocker, Property Master for The Road to Perdition.
The stock ticker used in The Road to Perdition is one of 125 historically accurate limited edition units produced by the Stock Ticker Company.
The stock ticker is authenticated as historically accurate by Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield VillageĀ®.
www.stocktickercompany.com /pressroom/010831pr.html   (326 words)

  
 Teleprinter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teletype machines in World War II teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY) is a now largely obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel, often just a pair of wires.
A predecessor to the teleprinter, the stock ticker machine, was used as early as the 1870s as a method of displaying text transmitted over wires.
A specially-designed telegraph typewriter was used to send stock exchange information over telegraph wires to the ticker machines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teleprinter   (1521 words)

  
 Stock Tickers and Ticker Symbols - Money-zine.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Stock tickers are unique for each company, regardless of the stock market or exchange on which they trade.
That's because the NYSE is the oldest stock exchange in America and one and two letter symbols were the first to be assigned to companies.
Although bandwidth is no longer a constraint, stock tickers or symbols continue to be used to save space on trading monitors and are a convenient way to accurately identify a particular stock of a company.
www.money-zine.com /Investing/Stocks/Stock-Tickers-and-Ticker-Symbols   (597 words)

  
 Greatest Inventions-- Air Bag -- Automobile Airbag
ticker symbols (usually shortened forms of a company's name), followed by brief information about the price of that company's stock; the thin strip of paper they were printed on was called ticker tape.
Stock ticker machines are an ancestor of the modern
analog signalling method was used for text transmission between the typewriter and the stock ticker machine.
www.edinformatics.com /inventions_inventors/stock_ticker.htm   (381 words)

  
 Portfolio Tracking Login   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Ticker — Using Windows Live ID to set up your Ticker ensures that your configuration stays with you across different computer platforms and browsers — without relying on a cookie.
An individual stock is subjected to the evaluation techniques of each of these nine methodologies and a percentage score is calculated for each, depending upon how well the stock matches the criteria of the methodology — the higher the percent score, the better the fit.
Because cookies reside on the user's machine, this option is recommended for those using the same machine and browser combination to accesses the application and where security concerns are less important.
ticker.nasdaq.com /reference/TickerNewLogin.stm   (476 words)

  
 Brian O'Connell
Ticker symbols appeared in 1844, shortly after the introduction of the telegraph machine.
Stock symbols are designated by one, two, or three or more letters for a reason.
If, for example, a stock ticker symbol has an "E" at the end of its name is considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission to be delinquent in filing key regulatory documents.
www.brianoc.com /wall_street.htm   (1907 words)

  
 IEEEVM: The Stock Ticker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Edison’s improved 1871 stock ticker, the Universal, became a standard Western Union ticker and was used as late as the 1930s to report sporting events.
A ticker tape parade thrown in New York City’s Canyon of Heroes (the financial district) for the Apollo 11 astronauts.
Soon, brokers and many businesspeople kept tickers in their offices, and the machines spat out strips of tape during hours in which the stock exchanges were open.
www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/tech.php?taid=&id=2345867&lid=1   (597 words)

  
 GolfInvestors : GolfInvestors Stock Ticker (where fantasy becomes real)
After you complete the selection of player's you want to view in the ticker, you can then chose how often the ticker should update the information for the players you are viewing in your stock ticker.
The stock ticker will open in an independent window which can be moved around on your screen and resized.
By pressing on the 'Configure' button in the stock ticker, you can select which players you want to view in the stock ticker and how often the information should be updated.
www.golfinvestors.com /account/stock_ticker.php   (571 words)

  
 Stock trading and charting software
This stock ticker continuously retrieves real time ECN stock quotes through the Internet and displays them as a scrolling line.
Historical stock quotes are downloaded in a plain text format and are compatible with the most charting and technical analysis software packages.
It is simple news ticker that resides at the top or the bottom of your screen and displays news headlines from Yahoo or MSN in a form of a scrolling message.
www.ashkon.com   (730 words)

  
 Stock Market Ticker Replica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This replica of the 1909 electric machine that was used to print the daily quotations of the stock market transactions on a paper ribbon.
This ribbon is polularly known as a ticker tape.
The original ticker tape could print 500 characters per minute and transaction information could be telegraphed via ticker tape to offices around the country within five minutes after an order had been placed on the stock exchange in New York.
www.halcyon.com /donace/TICKER.HTM   (200 words)

  
 Stock Market Ticker Tape Replica
The Stock Market Ticker is a replica of the 1909 electric machine that was used to print the daily quotations of the stock market transactions on a paper ribbon.
The ribbon is popularly known as ticker tape.
The stock ticker machine utilizes the principle of the telegraph to transmit information from place to place.
www.e-corporategifts.com /ait2000.html   (92 words)

  
 Stock trading software tools
Stock Predictor is an advanced stock charting and investment analysis software package.
This stock ticker is designed for continuous automatic retrieval of real-time stock quotes through the Internet.
Stock Sector Monitor is a personal financial application that allows you instantly watch over 200 stock industry sector groups and track over 7000 public companies.
www.ashkon.com /software.html   (744 words)

  
 Incentive Central: Consumer Promotions: Palm Restaurants "The Steak Market Game"
Capitalizing on the bullish '90s stock market–an area of prime interest to The Palm's target audience of upscale business people–"The Steak Market Game" was born.
They could accumulate their stocks and mail them in at the end of the promotion or deposit them when leaving the restaurant.
To further enhance the stock market feel and excitement, all locations were provided with an actual stock ticker tape machine.
samples.slackbarshinger.com /ws_incentive/pages/cs/cpalm.html   (515 words)

  
 US and Canadian Inventors and Inventions - EnchantedLearning.com
His revolutionary machine used two separate threads, one threaded through the needle, and one in a shuttle; it was powered by a hand crank.
His new machine combined many of the steps involved in harvesting crops, greatly increased crop yields, decreased the number of field hands needed for the harvest, lowered costs, and revolutionized farming.
Howe's revolutionary machine used two separate threads, one threaded through the needle, and one in a shuttle; it was powered by a hand crank.
www.allaboutjewels.com /inventors/us.shtml   (15160 words)

  
 Stock Charts and Stock Market News
General Motors Corp.(Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts) said Wednesday it lost $3.2 billion in the second quarter as it absorbed heavy charges for its massive restructuring program.
General Motors Corp.(Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts), the world's largest automaker, reported a second-quarter loss because of a $3.7 billion charge to eliminate 34,400 excess jobs.
Stock Market Data, Stock Charts, and other financial information is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes.
www.wallstreettape.com   (726 words)

  
 Nie: How to put a price tag on your goods
Seeing how he could make the machine better and more useful, he got a commission from Western Union to improve its stock ticker machine.
A stock ticker was a form of telegraph that printed out the current prices of stocks as they changed.
He offered to sell them the rights to the machine, which meant that they would own the patents and be able to manufacture the machine.
www.sptimes.com /News/041201/NIE/How_to_put_a_price_ta.shtml   (1353 words)

  
 Shopping Scout: Saturday, October 23 : The Morning Call Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Slot machine: Janet of Allentown is looking for a ''large-size slot machine for her elderly husband who enjoys playing and can't afford to buy a new one.''
Stock ticker machine: Bernard of New Tripoli is looking for a Western Union stock ticker tape machine.
Embroidery machine information: Ruthann of Allentown is looking to purchase an embroidery machine and would like to talk to people about the pros and cons of several machines.
www.mcall.com /features/all-shopscout1023oct23,0,2010059,print.story?coll=all-features-hed   (1282 words)

  
 How to Understand the Stock Market - Associated Content
If you couldn't afford a stock ticker, you could read your stock quotes right from the business section of the newspaper.
Nowadays, it's easy to have a stock ticker right on your computer, and you can even customize it to show only the stocks you want to see...
This newer stock exchange would simply take buy and sell orders over the phone or other means and automatically display the current stock price quotes.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/27074/how_to_understand_the_stock_market.html   (497 words)

  
 Meet the Old at Comdex
It's a true anomaly at Comdex, an ancient machine being offered among the bells, whistles, and micro-microprocessing chips of the 21st century.
Connors said the stock ticker, which revolutionized the way financial information was sent to Wall Street, is the first electronic office product.
Although the stock ticker was not Edison's invention, it was the famed inventor's first successful commercial enterprise and enabled him to build the Menlo Park laboratories that later designed the phonograph and the light bulb.
wired-vig.wired.com /news_drop/news_lycatalog/story/0,2149,32571,00.html   (470 words)

  
 Late Nineteenth Century Inventors and Inventions: EnchantedLearning.com
When a transaction was completed, a bell rang on the cash register and the amount was noted on a large dial on the front of the machine.
The first dishwasher was patented in 1850 by Joel Houghton; his machine was a hand-turned wheel that splashed water on dishes - unfortunately, it wasn't very effective at washing dishes.
At first, her machine was only bought by some restaurants and hotels.
www.enchantedlearning.com /inventors/1800b.shtml   (6379 words)

  
 SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock options, SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock price, stock quote research, stoc
Executive SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock options are granted at some SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock price.
One can look up SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock quotes as well as pursue other SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock research using the SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock symbol, also referred to as SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock ticker.
SINGING MACHINE CO INC stock shares per executive are available in the companies proxy statement.
swz.salary.com /execcomp/layouthtmls/excl_companyreport_C1005730_summary.html   (809 words)

  
 Stock Madness 2006: Rage Against the Hype Machine [Fool.com: Motley Fool Take] March 22, 2006
The following article is part of The Motley Fool's "Stock Madness 2006," based loosely on the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, a.k.a.
A stock price that could drop at any moment on scientific results that the layman will find nearly impossible to decipher.
And while there is a place for biotech (and a stock like Exelixis) in every portfolio, there's no reason why expensive biotech stocks should make up 80% of that portfolio.
www.fool.com /news/mft/2006/mft06032203.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y&bounce=y   (649 words)

  
 Thomas Alva Edison Biography / Biography of Thomas Alva Edison World of Physics Biography
family · thomas · machine · inventors · apparently · grain · nancy · edison · milan · impatience · phonograph · telegraph ·; huron · light bulb · alva · port huron · engle · edison effect · thermionic emission · incandescent lighting · stock ticker · lumber business
Among the best known of his inventions are a stock-ticker machine, the incandescent light bulb, an automatic telegraphy machine, the phonograph, and the motion picture machine.
Edison's one major accomplishment in scientific research was the discovery of the emission of electrons from a heated cathode, a phenomenon now known as the Edison effect.
www.bookrags.com /biography-thomas-alva-edison-wop   (262 words)

  
 Communication-Related Inventors and Inventions: EnchantedLearning.com
Morse used a dots-and-spaces code for the letters of the alphabet and the numbers (Morse Code was later improved to use dots, dashes and spaces: for example E is dot, T is dash, A is dot-dash, N is dash-dot, O is dash-dash-dash, I is dot-dot, S is dot-dot-dot, etc.).
Records, used to record sound, were invented in 1877 by Thomas Alva Edison, who invented the first machine to record and play back sounds (the phonograph or record player).
Sholes and Glidden sold the rights to their invention to the investor James Densmore, who eventually had the machine commercially manufactured.
www.enchantedlearning.com /inventors/communication.shtml   (3979 words)

  
 Stock Ticker Machine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The coffee commodity markets, which set the price for green beans, were located in New York.
New Orleans importers relied on the stock ticker, which transmitted prices already half an hour old, a source of great frustration when a few minutes' difference could have a significant financial impact.
Some importers relied on the public ticker at the nearby Western Union office, while others purchased their own ticker.
lsm.crt.state.la.us /coffee/coffee23.htm   (86 words)

  
 DD Machine - Support and FAQ
click one of the pre-defined stock ticker symbols in one of the sample lists in the left column OR key in a stock symbol and click "Go" from the Stock Research heading in the left column, then press "GO" to get a plethora of links to information about that stock.
Show/Hide stock tickers; Choose which of your personalized stock lists to display in the ticker; update email address and password; edit your 5 personal stock tracking lists from this single location.
Run it on the stocks result page, or use the stand-alone version, and use the print feature to save your calculations.
www.ddmachine.com /help.asp   (730 words)

  
 Financial TV star Louis Rukeyser dies at 73 - Boston.com
Louis Rukeyser, a television host and author who helped millions of Americans understand the workings of Wall Street with pun-filled stock market commentary delivered weekly for 32 years, died on Tuesday.
Louis Rukeyser, (center right), is seen at a party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his "Wall Street Week" program in New York in a 1995 file photo.
Rukeyser, a television host and author who helped millions of Americans understand the workings of Wall Street with pun-filled stock market commentary delivered weekly for 32 years, died on Tuesday.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/05/03/financial_tv_star_louis_rukeyser_dies_at_73   (565 words)

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