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After college she got a job on Wall Street.
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Southwest last month reported fourth-quarter profits that surpassed Wall Street estimates, on the back of improved airfares and strong holiday travel demand.
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Deborah Sophia, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Bloomberg Intelligence research estimates that Wall Street banks will eliminate up to 200,000 jobs over the next three to five years due to AI.
—Michael Abbott, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
And The Wall Street Journal reported last night that Republican senators skeptical of tariffs were maneuvering to reduce Navarro’s influence in the White House.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
For more than a hundred years, Congress has enacted laws that create independent agencies, like the Federal Reserve to regulate the money supply and the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate Wall Street.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Deborah Sophia, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Bloomberg Intelligence research estimates that Wall Street banks will eliminate up to 200,000 jobs over the next three to five years due to AI.
—Michael Abbott, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
And The Wall Street Journal reported last night that Republican senators skeptical of tariffs were maneuvering to reduce Navarro’s influence in the White House.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
For more than a hundred years, Congress has enacted laws that create independent agencies, like the Federal Reserve to regulate the money supply and the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate Wall Street.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Wall Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wall%20Street. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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Wall Street
noun
: the powerful financial interests that control or influence the U.S. economy
Etymology
from Wall Street in New York City, site of a major stock trading exchange
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