From Wall Street to NYC Cabbie: What I Learned on the Way Down
Jack Alvo explains how he went from earning $200,000-plus a year on Wall Street to driving a New York City cab, and how it gave him a second chance.
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Hurricane Sandy Closes All U.S. Stock Exchanges
The New York Stock Exchange will close its trading floor Monday as Hurricane Sandy barrels its way up the Northeast, but Big Board trading will continue electronically. NYSE Euronext said Sunday it is putting in place its contingency plans beginning Monday and will announce later when the trading floor will reopen.
9/11 Survivor Finds 'Purpose' by Helping Others
In 2001, Nicole B. Simpson was just another Morgan Stanley financial planner on the 73rd floor when the 9/11 attacks struck. She survived, but the emotional trauma left her old life in the wreckage. Eventually, though, she found a new purpose in helping others through traumas of their own.
Selling 9/11: The Strange Market for Relics of Tragedy
As America prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, eBay is seeing a surge in sales of relics and memorabilia from the World Trade Center and the terrorist attacks, fueled partly by speculators, and partly by our desire to connect with history, however painful.
More Than 95% of 9/11 Rescue and Recovery Workers Approve Settlement
More than 95% of the workers who took New York City officials and contractors to court over health problems stemming from the 9/11 rescue and recovery operations at the World Trade Center site approved a settlement worth at least $625 million, the New York Times reported, citing attorneys involved in the process.
Biz Brief: 9/11 Ground Zero Workers Get More in New Settlement
Some 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers at Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, have negotiated a new settlement with New York City that gives them more money for the illnesses and injuries they sued over.
