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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  Wall Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River.
The wall was dismantled by the British in 1699.
Wall Street's architecture is generally rooted in the Gilded Age, though there are also some art deco influences in the neighborhood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wall_Street   (2360 words)

  
 Wall Street Rising
Wall Street Rising is thrilled to announce the Corridor of Light, a lighting design initiative that permanently illuminates building façades in the Financial District to promote vibrancy, vitality and security Downtown.
Wall Street Rising is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring the vibrancy and vitality that existed in Lower Manhattan prior to the devastating events of September 11, 2001.
Wall Street Rising is a coalition of businesses, industries and residents of the downtown community, including some of the country's most prominent law firms, investment banks, financial service companies, restaurants, retailers, cultural institutions and civic and community leaders.
www.wallstreetrising.org   (251 words)

  
 The Wall Street Journal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with a worldwide average daily circulation of more than 2.6 million as of 2005.
The Journal newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international business and financial news and issues—the paper's name comes from Wall Street, the street in New York City which is the heart of the financial district.
One surprise is the Wall Street Journal, which we find as the most liberal of all 20 news outlets [studied].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wall_Street_Journal   (1801 words)

  
 Wall Street Crash, 1929 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Wall Street Crash, 1929   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Panic-stricken investors on Wall Street after the stock market crash of 29 October 1929.
The repercussions of the Wall Street Crash, experienced throughout the USA, were also felt in Europe, worsened by the reduction of US loans.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Wall%20Street%20Crash,%201929   (289 words)

  
 Wall Street
Wall Street is an east/west Street at the northern edge of 'olde New Amsterdam', named for a wooden wall built to keep the British out.
The planks were quickly transformed into the structure of brick row houses which lined Wall Street when it became the prime residential boulevard in the 18th and early 19th century.
Wall Street climbed higher as larger and larger buildings rose along the street.
www.nyu.edu /classes/finearts/nyc/wall/wall_intro.html   (359 words)

  
 Consensus - The Collapse Of Wall Street And The Lessons Of History
For example, according to The Wall Street Journal last November, an American regional bank lent 100% of the price of a house to a person without stable income, recently divorced, and whose previous house had been foreclosed.
Wall Street is today ending the last leg of the great bull market.
On the other hand, many stock markets are situated, as Wall Street is, at the end of the last phase of the bull market.
www.usastores.com /Consensus/longterm/fried.htm   (2660 words)

  
 The Wall Street Fund - About The Wall Street Fund
The Wall Street Fund, symbol "WALLX" on NASDAQ, was launched on December 23, 1945.
Morse, and the other officers and directors of The Wall Street Fund, are significant shareholders in the Fund.
The Wall Street Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation, through investments in a diversified portfolio of common stocks, which offer prospects of sustained growth in value.
www.thewallstreetfund.com   (305 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Wall Street [1988]: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In Wall Street Michael Douglas perfectly embodies the Reagan-era credo that "greed is good" and won an Oscar for his efforts.
As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko (for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole), Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men who've sacrificed humanity to power.
The effective part of Stone's critique is that which focuses on Wall Street's short-termism, the corruption of insider trading, and the immediate human cost of extracting maximum value from a business on which families depend for their livelihoods.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000560Y4   (740 words)

  
 Wall Street Movie Rewind «
It is movies like "Wall Street" that lead people to believe that the 80's was a decade of greed, because they are making social comment on what were new and outrageous practices of the financial institutions and brokers -whereas now, these practices and massive earnings are simply accepted as a fact of life.
Don't forget that Wall Street is now available to order on Widescreen DVD using our special 80s search device...
Wall Street and all movie images are ©1987 20th Century Fox.
www.fast-rewind.com /wallstreet.htm   (1556 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: wall street
Wall Street extended its rebound to a third session Friday, ending with a moderate advance after personal consumption data bolstered the outlook for...
Wall Street showed signs of life Thursday, closing sharply higher after a drop in existing home sales and sturdy economic growth calmed investors'...
There was a great article in The Wall Street Journal this morning by Robin Sidel titled, “Credit-Card Issuers’ Problem: People Are Paying Their...
technorati.com /tag/wall+street   (588 words)

  
 Wall Street District Hotel, District Hotel Wall Street, New York Wall Street Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ideal for the business traveler, the Wall Street District Hotel is conveniently located in the heart of NYC's Financial District, featuring high technology guest rooms combined with boutique hotel services and amenities.
The hotel is within blocks of Wall Street, the NYSE and leading financial institutions, also convenient to such leisure spots as South Street Seaport and the dynamic neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, Tribeca, and Soho.
More than just a business hotel, the Wall Street District Hotel is a place where worries are forgotten and the comforts expected at an intimate boutique hotel can be enjoyed.
www.holidayinnwsd.com   (244 words)

  
 E-Commerce News: Wall Street
Wall Street extended its rebound to a third session Friday, ending with a moderate advance after personal consumption data bolstered the outlook for the economy and interest rates.
Wall Street showed signs of life Thursday, closing sharply higher after a drop in existing home sales and sturdy economic growth calmed investors' inflation jitters and motivated them to buy stocks after two weeks of losses.
Wall Street closed moderately lower Tuesday after worries about the impact of high oil prices on the economy triggered a late-day drop, erasing an earlier moderate advance.
www.ecommercetimes.com /perl/section/wallst   (690 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: wall
All-Wall Equipment / All-Wall.com Large selection of drywall tools and equipment.
Portable Wall Partitions Factory Direct Portable, modular wall partitions that can be installed by your staff.
Wall Materials CMI offers composite sheet piling products.
technorati.com /tag/wall   (541 words)

  
 ☞ Wall Street Journal - Order Subscription
Founded in 1889 by Charles Henry Dow, Edward Davis Jones and Charles Milford Bergstresser, co-founders of Dow Jones and Company, The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones, is the world's leading business publication.
The Wall Street Journal print franchise has nearly 600 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,800 business and financial news staff in bureaus across the globe.
Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with a total circulation of 2.7 million, include The Asian Wall Street Journal; The Wall Street Journal Europe; and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com.
wall-street-journal.steitzlimited.com /wall_street_journal.htm   (339 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wall Street (1987) (1987) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In this light, "Wall Street" reminded me vividly of "No Way Out" for instance - which happens to be from 1987 as well - and several De Palma films.
Useless considerations apart, "Wall Street", directed by always controversial Oliver Stone, pictures the almighty frenzy in corridors of high finance where no one has a chance to fade away.
Wall Street is a marvelous movie directed by Oliver Stone (JFK) and starring Michael Douglas (The War Of The Roses) in his only Oscar winning performance, Charlie Sheen (Scary Movie 3), Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill), and Martin Sheen (Catch Me If You Can).
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301016289?v=glance   (1555 words)

  
 WALL STREET Up/Down
Wall Street up/down has all the thrills, realism and suspense of the real market.
In addition to keeping within the framework of good old Alan-Greenspan economics, the many facets of Wall Street up/down keeps the game fresh and alive with all the indigenous beat of Wall Street----no two game sessions play alike.
Wall Street up/down has received a commendation from the New York Stock Exchange and the U. Treasury, Educational Division...
wallstreet-updown.com   (804 words)

  
 Wall Street Raider Software -- Product Information
All your investment research and financial wheeling and dealing occur against the backdrop of a nonstop "live" stock ticker tape, scrolling financial news tape, and a constantly shifting economic and political environment in which all the companies and industries in Wall Street Raider must operate and try to cope.
Or from the education sector, see the review of Wall Street Raider by the Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies.
Wall Street Raider now also has a "blog" fan site -- it's at www.wallstreetraider.org, thanks to another devoted W$R aficionado, Ron Bronson, Jr.
www.roninsoft.com /wsrnew.htm   (1417 words)

  
 On Wall Street - A SourceMedia and Investcorp publication
Alden Cass, president of Catalyst Strategies Group and therapist to dozens of high-powered advisers and executives in New York, has been featured in two teleconferences presented by On Wall Street this fall.
A summary of articles from forthcoming issues of On Wall Street.
Wall Street firm woos superstar advisers with 200% bonuses.
www.onwallstreet.com   (278 words)

  
 Wall Street Network - Internet marketing, performance-based investor relations and online PR firm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wall Street Network, LLC (WSN) is an internet marketing, performance-based investor relations and public relations firm specializing in maximizing your online visibility.
Cost effectively and creatively, our niche programs work in capturing the attention of Wall Street professionals, journalist, editors, general consumers and investors.
Resulting service success with our "Performance-based Investor Relations" program for former community banking client, Sterling Bancorp (NYSE:STL) has labeled our company as Wall Street's "Invisible Hand", by Crain’s New York Business in May 2001.
www.wallstreet-network.net   (126 words)

  
 The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
Gift Subscriptions: Give a year of The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition to a friend or family member.
Americans are now more buoyant than ever about the economy and their own financial situations, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Wall Street Journal Americas: Top business news in Spanish and Portuguese.
public.wsj.com /hp_subscribed.html   (258 words)

  
 Wall Street Systems Delaware, Inc. - Home
Wall Street Systems, the Leader in Trading and Treasury Management Technology.
Wall Street Systems 'True Global' trading and treasury solutions are available for banks, corporate treasury, fixed income, and commodities.
Our products transform your worldwide enterprise into a single virtual office: users, clients and affiliates operate within one 24/7 global environment that delivers cost efficiency, informational uniformity and on-demand flexibility.
www.wallstreetsystems.com   (69 words)

  
 A.Word.A.Day -- Wall Street
[After a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, that was once home to most of the major investment firms, banks, analyst firms, and the New York Stock Exchange.
The street got its name from the defensive wall that the Dutch colonists built in the area in 1653 to protect against the British and Native Americans.]
Counterparts of Wall Street in other countries are Bay Street (Toronto, Canada), Dalal Street (Mumbai, India), and The City of London or The Square Mile (London, UK).
wordsmith.org /words/wall_street.html   (171 words)

  
 New York Book Distributors: Wall Street Photographic Coffee Table Book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On September 11, 2001 the face of Wall Street was tragically scarred, but its spirit remains undaunted.
"How rich in history, as the widely informative captions corroborate, and may I emphasize that this is as much an engrossing test on Wall Street and its men and institutions as it is a marvelous pictorial survey.
In addition to its great arks and ziggurats, Gambee seems to have missed few of Wall Street's more picturesque chinks, corners and coigns, and the reader is led to each through angles of vision which by most definitions known to me deserve the name of artistry.
www.nybookdistributors.com /wall_street   (284 words)

  
 Wall Street Access
Find out what makes Wall Street Access stand out from the crowd.
No reprints for distribution without the express permission of Wall Street Access.
WALL STREET ACCESS and the WALL ST ACCESS logo are registered trademarks of Wall Street Access.
www.wsaccess.com   (51 words)

  
 frontline: the wall street fix | PBS
An inside look at how some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms manipulated the hot IPO market of the late 1990s.
Additional funding for "The Wall Street Fix" was provided by The Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The Consumer Trusts Fund, Gilliland Family Fund, Paul Newman, Bernard Rapoport, The Brightman Hill Foundation, and Edson W. Spencer.
Tracing the stunning rise and fall of WorldCom, the hottest stock and then biggest bankruptcy of the 1990s, correspondent Hedrick Smith uncovers the hidden ties that enabled superbanks and Wall Street insiders to shape and profit from the telecom boom while leaving ordinary investors holding worthless stock when the bubble burst.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/wallstreet   (270 words)

  
 Wall Street Strategies
Wall Street Strategies, Inc., is an independent stock market research company.
Our daily goal is to help our subscribers make money in the stock market.
Find out why Charles Payne is the most popular independent analyst on Wall Street.
www.wstreet.com   (305 words)

  
 StartupJournal | Services
Her real dream was to make it big on Wall Street.
Voitle has done several mystery shops for the company over the past year and that "we wouldn't keep using her unless she was a good shopper." A spokesman for ICC Decision Services declines to comment on Ms.
Voitle says her ultimate goal is to return to Wall Street or get a job at a large financial institution.
www.startupjournal.com /ideas/services/20030611-frank.html   (1299 words)

  
 RealEstateJournal | Real Estate - Homes for Sale - Real Estate News - Home Buying Help
The Wall Street Journal CareerJournal CollegeJournal OpinionJournal StartupJournal WSJBooks CareerJournalAsia CareerJournalEurope MarketWatch
A vacation getaway in places like the Dominican Republic might be cheap -- in some cases, an apartment in a beachfront town can be had for $50,000 or less -- but there are tradeoffs.
Wall Street Journal reporter June Fletcher answers reader questions in her weekly "House Talk" column.
homes.wsj.com   (555 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wall Street: DVD: Frank Adonis,John Capodice,Franklin Cover,Michael Douglas,Faith Geer,François ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Plot Synopsis: Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a Wall Street stockbroker in early 1980's New York with a strong desire to get to the top.
Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that "greed is good." As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko (for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole), Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men who've sacrificed humanity to power.
In this riveting, behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980's, an ambitious young broker (Charlie Sheen) is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas).
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXDB?v=glance   (2001 words)

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