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Shearson Hammill
Shearson, Hammill & Co. was a Wall Street brokerage and investment banking firm founded in 1902 by Edward Shearson and Caleb Wild Hammill. The firm originally built its business as a stock broker as well as a broker of various commodities, particularly grain and cotton. The firm was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The firm was originally headquartered in the Empire Building (Manhattan), Empire Building at 71 Broadway in New York City and maintained another main office in Chicago.Investment bankers and brokers of America 1922. p.247 Shearson was acquired in 1974 by Hayden Stone & Co. to form Shearson Hayden Stone. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Building (Manhattan)
The Empire Building is an office building and early skyscraper at 71 Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, on the corner of Rector Street (Manhattan), Rector Street, in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by Kimball & Thompson in the Classical Revival architecture, Classical Revival style and built by Marc Eidlitz, Marc Eidlitz & Son from 1897 to 1898. The building consists of 21 storey, stories above a full basement story facing Church Street and Trinity Place, Trinity Place at the back of the building and is tall. The Empire Building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan), Wall Street Historic District, a NRHP district created in 2007. The Empire Building's Articulation (architecture), articulation consists of three horizontal sections similar to the components of a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayden Stone, Inc
Hayden may refer to: Places Inhabited places in the United States * Hayden, Alabama * Hayden, Arizona *Hayden's Ferry, former name of Tempe, Arizona *Hayden, California, former name of Hayden Hill, California *Hayden, Colorado * Hayden, Idaho * Hayden Lake, Idaho * Hayden, Indiana * Hayden Island, Portland, Oregon, an island and neighborhood Geographic features in the United States *Hayden Butte or Tempe Butte, an andesite butte of volcanic origin in Tempe, Arizona * Hayden Creek (other) * Hayden Mountain (other) * Hayden Peak (Utah), a mountain in Utah * Hayden Valley, a large sub-alpine valley in Yellowstone National Park Other places * Hayden, Gloucestershire, a village in the UK People and fictional characters * Hayden (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Hayden (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters * Hayden (musician) (born 1971), a Canadian folk musician Other uses * Hayden (electronics company), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt
Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt, originally Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill, was an American investment banking and brokerage firm founded in 1960 and acquired by American Express in 1981. In its two decades as an independent firm, Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt served as a vehicle for the rollup of more than a dozen brokerage and securities firms led by Sanford I. Weill that culminated in the formation of Shearson Loeb Rhoades. Among the firms most notable partners were Sanford I. Weill, Arthur Levitt, Arthur L. Carter, Marshall Cogan, Roger Berlind, and Peter Potoma. History Early history In May 1960, Arthur L. Carter, Roger Berlind, Peter Potoma, and Sanford I. Weill formed Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill, the firm's earliest predecessor with capital of $200,000 contributed by the four partners. The firm's first office was at 37 Wall Street, which was followed by an office at 60 Broad Street and then 55 Broad Street. The firm brought in $400,000 (equivalent to $ mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sanford may refer to: People * Sanford (given name), including a list of people with the name * Sanford (surname), including a list of people with the name Places United States * Sanford, Alabama, a town in Covington County * Sanford, Colorado, a statutory town in Conejos County * Sanford, Florida, the county seat of Seminole County ** Orlando Sanford International Airport, in Sanford, Florida * Sanford, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Sanford, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Pawnee County * Sanford, Maine, a city in York County ** Sanford (CDP), Maine, a former census-designated place in downtown Sanford * Sanford, Michigan, a village in Midland County * Sanford, Mississippi Sanford is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. History Early history The Sanford community was very sparsely populated at the turn of the 18th century. The "founding families" began arriving in the e ..., an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–1974 Stock Market Crash
The 1973–1974 stock market crash caused a bear market between January 1973 and December 1974. Affecting all the major stock markets in the world, particularly the United Kingdom, it was one of the worst stock market downturns since the Great Depression, the other being the 2008 financial crisis. The crash came after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system over the previous two years, with the associated ' Nixon Shock' and United States dollar devaluation under the Smithsonian Agreement. It was compounded by the outbreak of the 1973 oil crisis. It was a major event of the 1970s recession. History In the 694 days between 11 January 1973 and 6 December 1974, the New York Stock Exchange's Dow Jones Industrial Average benchmark suffered the seventh-worst bear market in its history, losing over 45% of its value. The year 1972 had been a good year for the DJIA, with gains of 15% in the twelve months, and 1973 had been expected to be even better, with Time magazine reporting jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shearson 1978 Logo
Shearson was the name of a series of investment banking and retail brokerage firms from 1902 until 1994, named for Edward ShearsonA thousand American Men of Mark of Today 20th Edition, 1917. p.323 and the firm he founded, Shearson Hammill & Co. Among Shearson's most notable incarnations were Shearson / American Express, Shearson Lehman / American Express, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Shearson Lehman Hutton and finally Smith Barney Shearson. For its first eight decades, the firm operated independently and merged with several Wall Street securities firms including Hayden Stone & Co. and Loeb Rhoades & Co. In 1981, Shearson was acquired by American Express and operated as a subsidiary of the financial services company before being merged with Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb in 1984 and E.F. Hutton & Co. in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
