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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE: The largest stock market in the United States, located on the famous Wall Street in New York City. This is the big daddy of all stock markets in the country, often referred to as the "big board." It was begun in the 1790s to help fledgling corporations in our fledgling country raise the funds needed for capital investment. All stock transactions (millions each day) are conducted by its members, making membership a very valuable commodity. It currently has slightly over a 1,000 members or "seats," with the only way to get a seat on the exchange from a retiring or deceased member.
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OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY The mobility, or movement, of factors of production from one type of productive activity to another type of productive activity. In particular, occupational mobility is the ease with which resources can change occupations. This is one of two types of mobility. The other is geographic mobility.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the shopping mall wanting to buy either a coffee cup commemorating next Thursday or a replacement remote control for your stereo system. Be on the lookout for telephone calls from long-lost relatives.
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Before 1933, the U.S. dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less.
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"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. " -- Winston Churchill, British statesman
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USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
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