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unusual facts about Wall $treet Week



Holcus lanatus

Holcus lanatus in its natural habitat is a food source for butterflies such as the Speckled Wood, the Wall, and especially the Small Skipper.

Louis Rukeyser

In 1970 he started the popular Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series, Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser, produced by Maryland Public Television (MPT), a PBS member station, out of their facilities in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Marshall Loeb

After Maryland Public Television dropped Louis Rukeyser in March 2002 as host of the Wall $treet Week program he had created 32 years earlier, Loeb and retired economics correspondent for CBS News Ray Brady were tapped to fill the hosting responsibilities during a three-month period while the program format was revamped.

Owings Mills, Maryland

The TV program Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser was produced by Maryland Public Television at its studios in Owings Mills; many viewers became familiar with the town as the mailing address of the program.


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Louis Rukeyser

After Rukeyser's departure, the series was renamed Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE and co-hosted by the editorial director of Fortune (magazine) magazine, Geoffrey Colvin, along with Karen Gibbs, a former senior business correspondent on the Fox News Channel.