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Dow Jones History
URL: http://www.dowjones.com/history.asp

Description:
Timeline for this company founded in 1882 by Charles Henry Dow, Edward Davis Jones, and Charles Milford Bergstresser "in a small basement office at 15 Wall Street in New York." Significant dates include the 1884 founding of the Dow Jones Indexes (which include the Dow Jones Industrial Average), 1889 when The Wall Street Journal began publication, and 1897 when the "Ticker" was announced. From Dow Jones & Company.

LII Topics: Investing, Stock & Commodity Exchanges, Stocks

Publisher:
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Extra Keywords
DJIA

LII Database Information:
Record 22697 created by Maria Brandt on 10/02/2006
Last modification on 10/12/2009
Published: 10/05/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22697

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