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Curb Exchange

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. American Stock Exchange.


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The New York Curb Exchange last week lost the first paid president it ever had.

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SEC is trying to delist A. G. & E. stock from the New York Curb Exchange because of alleged "false and misleading" statements in its prospectus.

From Time Magazine Archive

President of United Light & Power Co. since 1910, he resigned, lost a reputed $10,000,000 when his New York Curb Exchange bull pool in the company's stock collapsed in 1926.

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And last week the New York Curb Exchange hoped that by year's end a few better-grade Japanese stocks will be traded on its board.

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To look at the solid building in Manhattan's Trinity Place that houses the American Stock Exchange, it would seem that the old days of the raucous Curb Exchange were far behind.

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