X-Nico

66 unusual facts about New York Stock Exchange


ACE Limited

Walter Scott became Chairman, President, and CEO of ACE in 1990 and saw the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1993.

Acefest

The inaugural ACE Film Festival took place from August 24 to 26 at the Broad Street Ballroom, 41 Broad Street, right in the center of Manhattan's Financial District and in close proximity to the New York Stock Exchange.

Arthur Deane Nesbitt

They were the first Canadian firm in three decades to obtain a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

ASIMO

ASIMO made its first public appearance in the U.S. in 2002 when it rang the bell to open trade sessions for the New York Stock Exchange.

Axel Johnson Group

In addition, the Group has proprietary interests in the British company Spirent plc, listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges, and in Nordstjernan, which in turn has major interests in other companies, including the listed company NCC.

Bill Todman

Frederick S. Todman & Co represented some of the United States biggest companies, including The New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Polaroid, Eastman Kodak, Chase Manhattan Bank among many others.

Bullpoo

The current BullPoo services investors and virtual trading of equities listed in the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ and the American Stock Exchange.

Canadian Natural Resources

Canadian Natural's common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CNQ and under the Toronto Stock Exchange as CNQ and CNQ.U which denotes trading in US funds.

Carl Flesch

Flesch owned the Brancaccio Stradivarius, but had to sell it in 1928 after losing all his money on the New York Stock Exchange.

Center for Research in Security Prices

The first effort of the Center was the production of a database consisting of monthly stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange for all common stocks from 1926 to 1962.

Centronics

Centronics Data Computer Corporation continued as a New York Stock Exchange company and soon changed its name to Centronics Corporation in 1987.

Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code

If the company's stock is publicly traded, a Chapter 11 filing generally causes it to be delisted from its primary stock exchange if listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ.

Charles E. Carryl

Carryl became a successful businessman and stockbroker, and for 34 years from 1874 he held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

Chuck Carney

After leaving Illinois, Carney served as end coach at Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Harvard before entering the investment banking business as a New York Stock Exchange representative for the firm of Dominick and Dominick.

Closing Bell

The program is dual-anchored by Kelly Evans and Bill Griffeth (at the NYSE) between 3-4pm, with Evans anchored the last hour of the program.

The show is named after the bell that is rung to signify the end of a trading session on the New York Stock Exchange which occurs at 4:00 pm EST.

CompX International

In March 1998, CompX International Inc. completed its Initial Public Offering, making it a public company with stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol of ‘’’CIX’’’.

Dhiren Barot

Possessing detailed reconnaissance of the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup in New York, and two notebooks with information on explosives.

Disneyland, Inc.

Additionally, Walt Disney Productions stock (which moved the year prior to the New York Stock Exchange) had grown to around $60 per share thanks to the growing realization by the financial markets of the profitability of the park.

Don Argus

Former positions held include Member of the International Advisory Board of Allianz AG, Member of the International Advisory Committee to the New York Stock Exchange Board of Directors and was also a part of the Board of the winemaker Southcorp but resigned following its acquisition of Rosemount.

Earl T. Smith

Smith was born in Rhode Island and studied at Yale University (1926–28) before becoming an investment broker and a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

Energizer Holdings

In 2000, Ralston spun off Eveready, and it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange as Energizer Holdings, Inc.

Engelhard

In 1958, Engelhard's son Charles Jr. consolidated the family’s holdings to form Engelhard Industries, Inc. as a publicly held company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

FEMSA

The company is owned 53.7% by FEMSA, 31.6% by the Coca-Cola Company and the remaining interest trades on the New York Stock Exchange and the Mexico City Stock Exchange.

FMC Corporation

In 2006 FMC Corporation celebrated 75 years being listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Fusion-io

Fusion-io first filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in March 2011, with shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange with symbol FIO.

George H. Kendall

He had a long running dispute with the New York Stock Exchange because they would not list companies with securities that were engraved by him.

George O. May

He led a joint study by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York Stock Exchange that was impetus for the stock exchange requiring its listed firms to undergo independent annual audits.

Georgia Marble Company

The Georgia Marble Company supplied the marble used to build the New York Stock Exchange annex, the statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the National Air and Space Museum, the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, and the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago.

Grupo Salinas

By next year, the number of advertisers increased to 29 nationwide as the network debuted its news show Hechos and was listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Japanese financial system

The Big Four played a key role in international financial transactions and were members of the New York Stock Exchange.

Jeremy Asher

He is also a director of Better Place, a venture-backed private firm providing infrastructure and services for the mass deployment of electric vehicles, and of Pacific Drilling SA, a company on the New York Stock Exchange that owns and operates ultra-deepwater drillships.

Kimco Realty

Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since 1991, and included in the S&P 500 Index, the company has specialized in shopping center acquisitions, development and management for more than 50 years.

Larvex Corporation

On this date Zonite Products Corporation informed the New York Stock Exchange that it was dissolving its six subsidiaries.

Late trading

In the mutual fund context, late trading involves placing orders for mutual fund shares after the close of the stock market, 4:00 p.m for the New York Stock Exchange, but still getting that day's closing price, rather than the next day's opening price.

Lindsay, Nebraska

The company has retained a manufacturing facility in Lindsay, but is now headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska and its stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange with a ticker symbol of LNN.

Manisha Tank

Tank was first posted to New York in 1999 and reported from the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange while working for Reuters Television.

Marie Forleo

After college, she worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as a trading assistant before leaving to work at both Gourmet Magazine and Mademoiselle Magazine.

Marvin Powell

He worked as an intern at the New York Stock Exchange and spent six off-seasons getting his law degree from New York Law School.

Max Linn

In 2003, Linn sold his financial management company to a major New York Stock Exchange firm and retired at age 43.

NBC News at Sunrise

Before the last commercial break, graphics highlighted the previous day's ten most active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.

New York Sack Exchange

In November 1981, Gastineau, Klecko, Salaam and Lyons were invited to ring the ceremonial opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, which served as the inspiration for their nickname.

Newfield Exploration

By the end of 1993, Newfield went public and began trading on the NYSE, under the symbol "NFX".

OTC Bulletin Board

As such, most companies choose to list on more established exchanges such as the AMEX, NYSE, or NASDAQ once eligible.

Paul Smith's Hotel

It started as a seventeen room inn, though by the start of the 20th century it would grow to 255 rooms with a boathouse with quarters for sixty guides, stables, casino, bowling alley, and a wire to the New York Stock Exchange.

Penny University

As, indeed, wide-ranging conversations ensued therein, from the commercial (leading to the founding of, in London, Lloyd's of London, and in New York, the New York Stock Exchange) to the political, and the purely intellectual; the idea that one could acquire an education for the price of a cup of coffee, that is, a penny, took hold of the poetic imagination.

Railway Board

On 14 February 2008, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, admitted to violating Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) regulations by making improper payments from its subsidiary Pioneer Friction Limited, based in Calcutta India, to government officials of the Indian railway board.

Raúl Reyes

In June 1999, during peace negotiations with the government of Andrés Pastrana, Reyes met in the Colombian savannah with Richard Grasso, then chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ricardo Salgado

In 2002, he was appointed to the Supervisory Board of the Euronext NV (Amsterdam) and in 2006 he took part in the merger of Euronext with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), as a non-executive member of the Board until 2011.

Rodolphe Hottinger

In 1987, he was instrumental for the creation of the Swiss Helvetia Fund, the first Swiss close-end investment firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which deals in equity and equity-linked securities of Swiss companies.

Roger Gouin

In 2003, NACG was sold to a Texas-based investment group, who in 2006 took the company public on the New York Stock Exchange.

Salesforce.com

In June 2004, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol CRM, raising US$110 million.

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Some of the more well known exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and regional exchanges like the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Philadelphia Stock Exchange and Pacific Stock Exchange.

Smith's Food and Drug

In 1989 the company completed its initial public offering and shares of the company started trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SFD.

Squawk on the Street

Squawk on the Street, which is seen at 9:00am ET, is broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange.

TAM Airlines

Shares in the company were traded on the São Paulo Exchange (BM&F Bovespa) and New York Stock Exchange as "TAM".

The Masks of Time

Vornan-19 comes to New York City where he meets with the group of scientists, attends an outrageous house party and tours the New York Stock Exchange.

Theodore Modis

He has published about one hundred articles in scientific and in business journals, as well as eight books: Predictions, Conquering Uncertainty, An S-Shaped Trail to Wall Street (treating the New York Stock Exchange as an ecosystem), PREDICTIONS: 10 Years Later, BESTSELLER DRIVEN, STREET SCIENCE, Natural Laws in the Service of the Decision Maker, and Decision-Making for a New World.

Thor Industries

In 1984, Thor became a public company and in 1986 was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

USANA Health Sciences

On 3 January 2011, USANA completed the transfer of its common stock from the NASDAQ to the New York Stock Exchange.

Vanguard TV3

As a result of the launch failure, trading in the stock of the Martin Company, prime contractor for the project, was temporarily suspended by the New York Stock Exchange.

VMware

In August 2007, EMC released 15% of the company's shares in VMware in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

In a long-standing tradition, floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange sing this song on the last trading day of every year and on Christmas Eve.

Wappinger, New York

Sands was a banker and broker in partnership with William Henry Reese and joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1854.

William C. Stone

He holds or has held Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities series licenses 6, 7, 8 and 22, was a New York Stock Exchange and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Principal and an Associated Person with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Zayre

That same year, Zayre Corp. became a public company and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.


Calpine

The company's stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPN until it was delisted on December 5, 2005 due to low share price.

Charles Peter McColough

Aside from building Xerox to the corporate empire it is today, McColough was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee between 1974 and 1976, was Chairman of United Way of America, and served on the Board of Trustees at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York Stock Exchange, Bank of New York, Wachovia, Citigroup, Knight Ridder, and Union Carbide Corporation.

Elizabeth Chittick

Chittick was the first woman civilian administrator of the U.S. Naval Air Stations in Seattle, Washington and Banana River, Florida, the first woman to be a registered representative of the New York Stock Exchange, and the first female revenue collections officer with the Internal Revenue Service.

Gary Weiss

The book is critical of hedge funds, mutual funds, the Wall Street securities arbitration process, the New York Stock Exchange, and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen Arthur Levitt and William H. Donaldson.

IShares

The following stock exchanges list iShares funds: London Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, BATS Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange and several European and Asian stock exchanges.

Russian Industrial Leaders Index

Its constituents include Russian companies whose stocks or Global Depository Receipts are listed on global exchanges: New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or AMEX.

Scott Foresman

Scott, Foresman became a public corporation and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, but the company was taken private in a leveraged buyout in 1985.

ShareScope

ShareScope Pro has live tick-by-tick intraday data for the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, FOREX, selected commodities such as Gold and Light Sweet Crude and major indices such as the FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, DJI/DOW 30, S&P 500, Hang Seng and the Nikkei.