On November 8, 2007, NASDAQ bought the Philadelphia Stock Exchange ( PHLX ) for US $ 652 million.

In 1875, the Board of Brokers changed its name to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

On October 22, 1981, trading was halted on both the Chicago Board of Trade and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange after anonymous callers said bombs had been placed in those buildings.

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* NASDAQ OMX Group to Complete Acquisition of The Philadelphia Stock Exchange

* The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Papers, documenting the history and activities of the exchange from 1746-2005, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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New York was traded on the American Stock Exchange and Philadelphia was traded on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

* On October 22, 1981, trading was halted on the Chicago Board of Trade and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange after anonymous callers said bombs had been placed in those buildings.

ETFs had their genesis in 1989 with Index Participation Shares, an S & P 500 proxy that traded on the American Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

* A symbol for the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index, an index of precious metal mining company stocks that are traded on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange

* Stock Clearing Corporation of Philadelphia

Some of the more well known exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and regional exchanges like the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Philadelphia Stock Exchange and Pacific Stock Exchange.

He has formerly served as a partner in the law firm of Weir & Partners, as the CEO of a 200-bed acute care hospital, as general counsel of a hospital system, and as treasurer and general counsel of a member firm of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

As of 2006, it is included as one of the main structures in Independence National Historical Park in downtown Philadelphia, alongside many other important early American structures such as Independence Hall and the Philadelphia Merchants ' Exchange.

In 1831, Stephen Girard ’ s Bank had formed the " Philadelphia Merchant ’ s Exchange Company " to erect a new building to house the Board of Brokers and other groups.

* ' Interest and Inflation Free Money: Creating an Exchange Medium That Works for Everybody and Protects the Earth ', Margrit Kennedy, with Declan Kennedy: Illustrations by Helmut Creutz ; New and Expanded Edition, New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, 1995.

* On November 17, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced “ charges concerning undisclosed market timing against Harold J. Baxter and Gary L. Pilgrim in the Commissions ’ pending action in federal district court in Philadelphia .” Based on these charges, Baxter and Pilgrim agreed to “ pay $ 80 million – $ 60 million in disgorgement and $ 20 million in civil penalties .”

On February 15, 1933, Sutton attempted to rob the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sutton was apprehended on February 5, 1934, and was sentenced to serve 25 to 50 years in the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the machine gun robbery of the Corn Exchange Bank.

In December 1968, in response to a fiscal crisis, Philadelphia imposed a $ 0. 05 per share stock transfer tax for all transactions on the PHLX.

The PHLX Semiconductor Sector ( SOX ) is a Philadelphia Stock Exchange capitalization-weighted index composed of companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture, and sale of semiconductors.

A number of ancient cities were located here, such as Troy, Assos, Pergamon ( Bergama ), Sardis, Ephesus, Miletus, Halicarnassus ( Bodrum ), Smyrna ( İzmir ), Hierapolis ( Pamukkale ), Magnesia ( Manisa ), Philadelphia ( Alaşehir ), Didyma ( Didim ), Aphrodisias, Kaunos, Knidos, among others.

Interestingly, the London Confession of 1689 was later used by Calvinistic Baptists in America ( called the Philadelphia Baptist Confession ), whereas the Standard Confession of 1660 was used by the American heirs of the English General Baptists, who soon came to be known as Free Will Baptists.

** Allen Iverson ( born 1975 ), NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers

** Andre Iguodala ( born 1984 ), NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers

In 1763, The Reverend James Manning, a Baptist minister, and an alumnus of the College of New Jersey ( predecessor to today's Princeton University ), was sent to Rhode Island by the Philadelphia Association of Baptist Churches in order to found the college.

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman ( from 1992 – 1998 ) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., New York City ( Flushing, Queens and the Bronx ), Minneapolis, and Miami.

* Balboa ( band ), a hardcore band from Philadelphia

Some examples of the screwball comedy are: It Happened One Night ( 1934 ), Bringing Up Baby ( 1938 ), Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ), His Girl Friday ( 1940 ), and more recently What's Up, Doc?

Image: Claude Monet-Poplars, Philadelphia. JPG | Poplars, ( autumn ), 1891, Philadelphia Museum of Art

* Canterbury ( ship ), the ship which transported William Penn and James Logan from England to Philadelphia in 1699

Coming of age was dealt with in Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ), race relationships were a theme in American History X ( 1998 ), and the AIDs epidemic and discrimination were the focus of Philadelphia ( 1993 ).

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

Most of the time, Dallas will wear their blue jerseys when they visit Washington, Philadelphia ( sometimes ), Miami, or one of the handful of other teams that traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season due to the hot climates in their respective cities or other means.

While Bannister was well known in the artistic community of his adopted home of Providence, Rhode Island and admired within the wider East Coast art world ( he won a bronze medal for his large oil " Under the Oaks " at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial ), he was largely forgotten for almost a century for a complexity of reasons, principally connected with racial prejudice.

Apparently no serious disorders resulted from the celebration, and within a few days, Morgan joined the force of Lafayette who now had command of some 2,000 men at Barren Hill, not far above Philadelphia on the Schuylkill.

* 1808 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown ( now Louisville ) by Pope Pius VII.

It now is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sapir's parents had by now divorced and his father seemed to suffer from a psychosis, and made it necessary for him to leave Canada for Philadelphia, where Edward continued to support him financially.

He became a member of the first class at the College of Philadelphia ( now the University of Pennsylvania ) in 1751 and graduated in 1757, receiving his masters degree in 1760, and a doctor in law ( honorary ) in 1790.

Alcott was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, which is now part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on her father's 33rd birthday.

* 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason ( now Friends Hospital ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The team has played at several stadiums in the city, beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park, which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium ; and now Citizens Bank Park.

Several layers of suburban municipalities now surround cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, San Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.

He graduated from the College of Philadelphia ( now the University of Pennsylvania ) in 1760, and joined the mercantile business of William Biddle.

This statue of Benjamin Franklin donated by Justus C. Strawbridge to the City of Philadelphia in 1899 now sits in front of College Hall ( University of Pennsylvania ) | College Hall.

After being located in downtown Philadelphia for more than a century, the campus was moved across the Schuylkill River to property purchased from the Blockley Almshouse in West Philadelphia in 1872, where it has since remained in an area now known as University City.

The City of Philadelphia rented Robert Morris's city house at 190 High Street ( now 524-30 Market Street ) for Washington's presidential residence.

It is now in University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

In 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the earliest national association of squash in the world was formed as the United States Squash Racquets Association, ( USSRA ), now known as US-Squash.

The First Bank building is now a National Historic Landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within Independence National Historical Park.

* The city of Philadelphia ( now Alaşehir, Turkey ) is founded by King Eumenes II of Pergamon.

The network picked up its first primary affiliates, WFIL-TV in Philadelphia ( now WPVI-TV ) and WMAL-TV in Washington ( now WJLA-TV ) before its flagship owned and operated station (" O & O "), WJZ-TV in New York ( now WABC-TV ) signed on in August of that year.

* Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a former town, now a neighborhood of Philadelphia

Bon Jovi has been raising awareness with Habitat for Humanity since 2005 when he provided the funds to build six homes in Philadelphia and built the homes alongside the homeowner families, as well as with members of his Philadelphia Soul Arena Football Team ( now non existent ).