Boston Stock Exchange

(BSE)

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The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. The BSE's roots go back to the 1830s when Bostonians were looking for new ways to invest the wealth they had earned through shipping, banking, and insurance. As New England's - and the nation's - industry grew, capital had to be raised to expand the region's businesses and fund larger enterprises.

To meet this need, 13 business leaders founded the Boston Stock Exchange in 1834 as the third U.S. stock exchange, creating a meeting place for local stock brokers to trade their shares. Initially, only the stocks of local banks and insurance companies were traded on the new exchange. Soon mill, railroad, utility, and canal stocks were added. In 1878, AT&T was listed just two years after Alexander Graham Bell had invented the telephone in his Boston workshop. In fact, capital raised in Boston funded many of the factories, mines, and railroads that fueled the economic expansion of the US in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Today, the BSE is an integral part of Boston's financial community, which is the third largest investment management center in the world, eclipsed only by New York and London. Boston, the birthplace of the mutual fund, is now arguably the "mutual fund capital" of the world with literally trillions of dollars invested in funds managed here.

http://www.bostonstock.com/ Website containts history, market data, and opening and closing information so one can watch the clock tick tock.

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Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
100 Franklin St.
Boston, MA 02110

As a national, registered securities exchange, the BSE provides a competitive marketplace for companies in various stages of development and from a multitude of industries seeking to increase exposure to investors and raise capital within a secure and regulated environment. Approximately 20% of the BSE's companies are headquartered in the New England region while the remainder are located throughout the country or outside of the U.S.

Primary Listed Companies
A BSE "primary-listed" company is one that meets and maintains the Exchange's strict quantitative and qualitative listings requirements.

Dually-listed Companies
A BSE "dually-listed" company is one that is listed on more than one U.S. exchange. For example, AT&T and GE are considered dually-listed companies because they meet the requirements and associated fees of the BSE's listings program as well as those of another national stock exchange. Some companies opt to list on more than one exchange in order to further maximize trading opportunities and exposure to investors.

Unlisted Trading Privileges
There are approximately 2,000 securities that the BSE trades under Unlisted Trading Privileges (UTP). By the same token, BSE primary-listed companies may be traded by other exchanges through UTP. This competitive trading among markets provides added liquidity, increased opportunities for price improvement, and keeps costs competitive throughout the overall system.

Trivia

Boston City, (2004) 569,165, is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the USA It is the largest city of the region of New England. Boston is one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most culturally significant cities in the USA. Its economy is based on education, health care, finance, and technology. Boston was founded on September 17, 1630 , by Puritan colonists from England, on a peninsula called Shawmut by its original Native inhabitants. The peninsula was connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus, and surrounded by waters of Massachusetts Bay and marshes at the mouth of the Charles River.

The Irish are one of the larger ethnic groups in Boston, and sometimes considered the capital of "Irish America".

They later renamed the town for Boston, England, in Lincolnshire, from which several prominent "pilgrim" colonists emigrated.

Harvard University, the nation's oldest institution of higher learning, is based across the Charles River in Cambridge; most of it's land holdings lie in Boston. Mnay presidents are from the university. Alumni include Franklin Delano Roosevelt, David Souter, and John F. Kennedy.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) operates several major laboratories within the city.

The Boston Globe, and The Boston Herald give news on Boston.

2004 Presidential candidate Kerry (D) is a prominent citizen and senator for the Boston area. Kerry went to Yale.

The most famous TV show to be set in Boston is Cheers a long-running American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. The character of Sam Malone was a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Frasier Crane was a character in the series and his part later lead to an even more successful comedy a spin (as Malone would throw) off named Frasier, that was set in Seattle.

Numerous movies have been set around the elite universites of the the city and area.

In Germany a football soccer website is calling itself a sock exchange

sport sides of Boston

Boston Red Sox MLB Baseball
New England Patriots NFL Football
Boston Celtics NBA Basketball
Boston Bruins NHL Hockey
Boston Frenzy ABA Basketball
New England Revolution MLS Soccer
Boston Cannons MLL Lacrosse

The original town of Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It received its charter in 1545. It is the main town in the local government district and borough of Boston. Its primary landmark is The Stump, the parish church with the highest tower in England, visible in the flat lands of Lincolnshire for miles. Residents of Boston are known as "Bostonians". The Domesday Book of 1086, does not mention Boston by name. However, the settlement of Skirbeck is covered as part of the very wealthy manor of Drayton.

The surname Boston was first found in Roxburghshire, Scotland where the name was seated from ancient times. Spelling variations of the surname are Boston, Bouston, Bowstone, Bostown, Bostowne, Bostoun, Bawston, Bauston, Bawstone, Baustone, Bowsting, Bowstain.

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