Word: ticker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brokers flashed the word, the Stock Exchange was deluged with orders to buy. In the final hour of trading, close to $30 million worth of shares were sold; the highspeed ticker fell behind as much as five minutes...
Averages were up again; the Dow-Jones industrials closed at 190.25. Again the ticker fell behind. For the first time in 20 months, the Big Board had to put out "flash" quotes (i.e., break the sequence of transactions by flashing the latest prices of such key stocks as U.S. Steel and General Motors). At week's end, stocks on the Big Board were worth some $3.5 billion more than at week's start...
...morning after last week's Nebraska primary, Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft was standing in the Senate cloakroom, his eyes glued to the news ticker. A Democratic colleague called to him: "Is Stassen still winning?" "Yes, he's way ahead," replied Taft. "But Dewey and I together have more votes than...
...week long, stock exchange traders watched the ticker for some sign that the previous weekend's sudden spurt in both prices and volume of trading (TIME, March 29) indicated the long-awaited break in the 22-month-old bear market...
...once in the U.S., Inverchapel became known as "the invisible Ambassador." He studiously avoided the press, ducked official parties, made no effort to cement all-important friendships on Capitol Hill. Last week, after 20 months in his post, Lord Inverchapel learned over the embassy's news ticker that his orders for home had finally come...