You know you’re in the dead of summer when the most exciting thing to happen on the New York Stock Exchange floor is a bunch of over-tanned reality show “stars” ringing the opening bell.
Direct Edge launched as the third largest stock exchange Wednesday morning, with William O’Brien, ceo, pulling a lever on Direct Edge’s hexagon logo, which lit up in the exchange’s signature blue color, to symbolize the start of trading on the electronic trading venue.
The big, bad wolf is coming to Wall Street, and no, it’s not Dick Fuld back from paying respects to Lehman Brothers.
A former Brat Pack girl, a Trekkie and an Englishman walk onto Wall Street. Yes, sounds like the makings of a great comedy, but actually, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto (who played Spock in the 2009 Star Trek film) and Jeremy Irons are coming to Wall Street to make the film "Margin Call."
Finally, Wall Street firms have found a way to put analyst research to good use tuning the crystal ball to predicting which team will win the 2010 World Cup.
The New York Stock Exchange made history this week by opening a Starbucks kiosk on its trading floor, a first for the exchange and trading floors globally.
As if Goldman Sachs doesn’t have enough to deal with, the firm is now hunting for the person or persons who put together a very detailed press release announcing that Goldman Sachs’ executives were going to be furloughed once a week.
The Royal Bank of Canada has found a cheerleader in director Oliver Stone. Stone, who is now on a press tour to promote his film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," has praised the Canadian bank because it allowed him to film on its trading floor.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has come a long way since the beginning of the financial crisis, and now fraudsters looking to steal the identities of retail investors by using the SEC’s name in vain will feel the agency’s backhand.
Forbes can never resist a good trend, so it too has decided to join the masses of teenage girls in thinking that vampires are super-cool.
People may say that Wall Street hasn't had too much luck lately, but what if they had gods working beside them?
Based on recent market activity, it seems traders may be just as vulnerable to the voice of celebrity as the rest of us.
Just when people thought they knew about all cameos in the “Wall Street” sequel had it has now been confirmed that Charlie Sheen, who played the young, hot-shot trader Bud Fox in the original, will be making an appearance in the film and he will even exchange some dialogue with Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas), the man he turned in to the police.
It turns out film director James Cameron has the power to move markets.
For the second year in a row, quite a few Wall Street firms are not holding holiday parties, even though the economy appears to be coming out of the recession.
In one of the most predictable decisions in the history of film, Donald Trump was recently spotted filming a cameo for “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.”
Calling all marketers: Nasdaq OMX Group is in need of your creative brains!
Are you from the Motherland? Do you look “upscale” and “proper”?
Bankers who have to travel to emerging economies where knife fights may be a common form of communication may want to reconsider that mace bottle purchase and instead talk to Tim Larkin.
Done with Halloween? Not before you check out one last gruesome tidbit:
It's like the producers of "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" couldn't have asked for better promotion.
If you ain't a trader, get off the floor.
In addition to being an Oscar-winning actress, mother, philanthropist, yoga guru, blogger and vegan, it turns out Gwyneth Paltrow is now qualified to give financial tips.
“Wall Street Riots” paints a scary picture of violent demonstrators camping out in front of the New York Stock Exchange, but who would have guessed that it’s just a “cool” name for a band?
While many people have been paying attention to the “Sex & the City 2” sequel, another filming sneaked under radar and started production this week.
The British Broadcasting Corporation will be airing a made-for-television movie this October that dramatizes the fall of Lehman Brothers.
What is it about short sale ban proponents and August? Maybe it's the slow news cycle or balmy weather, but the trend is baffling.
Frank Langella, the actor best known for his Academy Award portrayal of Richard Nixon in last fall’s “Frost/Nixon,” will be moving on down to “Wall Street”—the movie, that is.
AdvisorCheck, a free online service that provides consumers with background checks on financial advisors and insurance agents, will hold an online contest for consumers and advisors, inviting them to share their best and worst stories on investing and advisor/client relationships.
The highly anticipated Wall Street 2 (WS2) that has been greenlit and was slated to start production early this fall has come upon a minor crisis, but it’s not a financial one.