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A screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. CNBC

Profile America: NY Stock Exchange Is 225 Years Old

Thursday, May 18 — The New York Stock Exchange, by signaling business prospects through share prices, has long been a bellwether of the nation’s economic health. The exchange started this month in 1792, as some two dozen merchants and brokers established […]

Profile America: First U.S. Bank Robbery

Profile America: First U.S. Bank Robbery

Sunday, March 19 —  Banks had operated in America for about a half century before someone tried to make an unauthorized withdrawal. On this date in 1831, Edward Smith committed the first bank robbery in the U.S. — hitting the City […]

by · March 19, 2017 · Profile America
Tech Focus: The Slow Death of Twitter

Tech Focus: The Slow Death of Twitter

Twitter appears to be going the way of betamax, laserdisc (although laserdisc has been making somewhat of a comeback, at least among the more hip of the Brooklyn hipsters), the dodo bird and myspace.com.  Or, to be slightly less hyperbolic, […]

by · February 11, 2017 · Tech Focus, Technology

Profile America: The Stock Exchange Is Born

The New York Stock Exchange started this week in 1792, as some two dozen merchants and brokers established an organized approach to their buying and selling.

Polygamy: The Marriage of the Tea Party, Wall Street, and Evangelicals Dissolves

Polygamy: The Marriage of the Tea Party, Wall Street, and Evangelicals Dissolves

Polygamy: The Marriage of the Tea Party, Wall Street, and Evangelicals Dissolves by Richard Brodsky It was a difficult marriage from the beginning. Its success was largely regional and state by state. But where it worked, it worked well, mainly […]

by · July 5, 2015 · Op Ed