ts major investment banks. Rather, the three-and-a-half-ton statue was simply unloaded one December day back in 1989 by a private citizen in front of the New York Stock Exchange. The benefactor was Italian sculptor Arturo di Modica who cre- ated Charging Bull to demonstrate his belief in the strength of the U.S. economy afte

n Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The first female prime minister of the U.K., the first black president of South Africa and the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange were among the notable deaths of 2013. Margaret Thatcher, 87, died in April; Nelson Mandela, 95, died this month; and Muriel Siebert, 84, died in Au

ulating consumer protection for financial products and services. e National Futures Association (NFA): The NFA is the SRO for the futures market. e New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): The NYSE is the SRO for exchange member organizations (i.e., registered broker-dealer organized as a corporation, a partnership or an LLC tha

oard because of his advisory experience and his extensive experience in the automotive retail industry INDEPENDENCE STATUS The listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit committee, and compensation committee, and nominating committe

ver. Off-site auctions saw Phillips de Pury selling David Hockney's Autumn Pool for $2 million and Christie's flogging Andreas Gursky's photograph of the New York Stock Exchange for $700,000, almost three times its estimate. Harry Blain and Graham Southern, former directors of Haunch of Venison, inaugurated their new gallery,