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Business Definition for: Street

  • used to describe somebody who is considered to be well informed about the market

Wiktionary Definition for: Street

  • A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
  • A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
  • The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.

Additional Resources

Wall Street Vs. Main Street
Wall Street Vs. Main StreetRE: Wall Street Vs. Main StreetRomano lost me in the very first paragraph, when he says a term like "Washington" is a useless because it conflates the "bad" Republican executive branch with the "good" Democrat congress, that opposes that evil executive.His premises so plainly stated, the...
Tags: Main Street
Discussion threads 2008-10-16
Google Crowdsources Google Maps, Erases Street View Data
Google took additional measures to let users crowdsource its Google Maps application, allowing U.S. users point out gaps in the search engine giant's Google Maps coverage. When users search and scan map results, they will see a "report a problem" link on the bottom right of a the map. Google...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps
News items 2009-10-09
Oracle demands documents from Rimini Street in SAP lawsuit
While it calls Oracle's position "meritless," Rimini Street is now being asked by Oracle to provide information for its case against SAP and its now-defunct third-party support provider TomorrowNow. Oracle filed a motion in federal court last week to compel third-party support provider Rimini Street to produce certain documents related...
Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, TomorrowNow
News items 2009-09-01
Does Your Family Live on Main Street or Wall Street?
Yes, it's a loaded question. Wall Street these days is wall-to-wall Gordon Gekko, Dick Fuld, and UAW freeloaders. In other words: greed, avarice, incompetence, highly compensated incompetence, and other supposedly un-American activities. Main Street, of course, is none of these things. It may be harder to pinpoint...
Tags: Wall Street, Jolie Solomon
Blog posts 2009-11-03
Improving the Wall Street Bailout Proposal
Improving the Wall Street Bailout ProposalRE: Improving the Wall Street Bailout ProposalShut down Freddie Mac and Fannie May and let the banks in trouble go bankrupt. The financial market needs this enema. Top off with increased accountability and regulation. And convince the population to buy homes it can afford.RE: Improving...
Tags: Asset management, Financial services, Financial accounting, Wall Street Bailout Proposal, asset, bank
Discussion threads 2008-09-30
Wall Street Vs. Main Street
Want to know who's to blame for the current financial mess? Read "Wall Street: America's Dream Factory," by Steve Fraser. It's the first recommendation and focus of a review essay on Wall Street and Main Street by Carlin Romano. Romano gives Fraser's book high praise, calling it both entertaining...
Tags: Wall Street, Carlin Romano, Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-10-15
Google to update Street View in Australia
GOOGLE plans to send its fleet of special cars fitted with panoramic cameras back on the road next month to update Street View Australia. Street View is an online tool that lets users take a virtual tour of landscapes from their computer by perusing an interactive database of millions of...
Tags: Google Inc.
News items 2009-11-02
Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Stocks - Look at State Street
Trader Mark submits:  Wow, total panic out there. State Street STT is supposed to be a safe asset manager type of financial institution - it's down 40% - oh wait, it's rebounded to only down 30%. Now S&P can downgrade its debt, credit spreads can widen and we...
Tags: State Street Corp., Financial
External links 2008-09-18
Street View: We can trike wherever you like
With Street View on Google Maps , you can take a virtual drive over the Golden Gate Bridge or see the bustle of Times Square from the comfort of your own home. But some of the country's most interesting and fun places aren't accessible with...
Tags: Google Inc., theme, Google Maps, Nomination, day job, roller coaster, fun place
News items 2009-10-18
Street soccer site started by Big Issue
The Big Issue?s Community Street Soccer Program unveiled its website as part of an ongoing branding overhaul. The web portal was handcrafted pro-bono by Melbourne-based digital specialists, C2 Media, and showcases the work of the Community Street Soccer Program around the country along with highlighting the great support given to...
Tags: Web Site, organization, specialist, portal, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Macquarie Bank Ltd., Web Portal
News items 2009-10-26
Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
Google's unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object — Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy. The country's privacy watchdog announced Friday that he plans to haul the search engine company before a federal court to force it to make changes to its Street...
Tags: Switzerland, Google Inc.
News items 2009-11-13
As Wall Street Goes, So Goes
As Wall Street Goes, So GoesRE: As Wall Street Goes, So GoesLiberal or Conservative, it seems 'the ends justify the means' has been the rule far too long. How about 'the needs of others outweigh the needs of self' for a change?RE: As Wall Street Goes, So GoesI first...
Tags: Business ethics, Regulations, ethics, regulation
Discussion threads 2008-09-24
State Street Proves There's No Such Thing as a Safe Financial Stock
Ockham Research submits: State Street Corp. STT had a horrendous day of trading Tuesday thus far as its shares are off by more than 50%. The Boston-based bank, which handles custodian responsibilities for many institutions and mutual funds, as well as other money management services, reported before the open...
Tags: Financial, Ockham Research, State Street Corp.
External links 2009-01-21
Economic Recovery: Wall Street and Main Street Diverge...Again
This worked perfectly: I go away on vacation and markets are somewhat hum-drum, but return to a 2% sell-off in the US, not to mention the 5.8% drubbing in Shanghai. The selling was attributed to a variety of factors: the weak Consumer Confidence report on Friday; a report that foreign...
Tags: Recovery, Wall Street, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-08-18
Digital Music Store Amie Street Raises $3.9 Million
Digital music retailer Amie Street has raised $3.9 million in a round of funding, according to an SEC filing. Amie Street prices tracks based on their popularity; songs start out free and then cap out at 98 cents as more Amie Street users download them. Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) led...
Tags: Round, Music Retailer, SEC Filing, Working Capital, Amazon.com Inc., Retail, Managerial Accounting, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-07
Official tells Google to erase Swiss street views
BERN, Switzerland - A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any image of Switzerland in its "Street View Maps," and the company said Monday it would discuss the matter with the privacy rights regulator. Hanspeter Thuer, federal data protection commissioner, said Google's pictures...
Tags: Google Inc.
News items 2009-08-24
Fifty states of Street View
In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state admitted to the union. Today, 50 years later, we're including Hawaii as the 50th state in Street View on Google Maps . With our imagery of Oahu and Maui, you can now take a virtual vacation to white sandy beaches, revisit special...
Tags: Google Maps, Hawaii, Imagery
News items 2009-11-10
MUTUAL FUNDS: State Street starts 2 funds.(includes several brief articles)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
BOSTON -- State Street Research & Management Co. launched the State Street Research Concentrated Growth Fund and the State Street Research Concentrated International Fund. The Concentrated Growth fund, including up to 35 large-cap stocks, will BOSTON -- State Street Research & Management Co....
Tags: Liberty, stock
Research articles 2000-07-24
Market slump forces cost cutting: Many on wall street take slash-and-burn approach.
Belt-tightening time It's belt-tightening time from Wall Street to Market Street. After years of unprecedented asset growth and dizzying levels of trading volume, Wall Street's brokerage and mutual fund companies are faced with a big pro...
Tags: asset, brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., company, Federal Reserve Board, fund company, mutual fund, stock, stock market, wall
Research articles 2001-02-12
STREET GLOW ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF STREET GLOW INTERNATIONAL.
(Full text of statement. Contact details below.) WAYNE, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 18, 2004--Street GlowR, Inc. today announced the creation of Street Glow International, an affiliate of Street Glow, Inc. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Street Glow International's warehouse and distribution center will service Global Sales, exclusive of the United States...
Tags: Andrew, Business Wire, Canada, FINANCE, performance, Taxes
Research articles 2004-10-19
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