He was a Spanish minister in Washington who wrote a private letter to a friend concerning President McKinley (called him basically useless and indecisive) The discovery of his letter strained Spanish-American relations, which helped initiate the Spanish-American War.
Nasdaq was created by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to enable investors to trade securities on a computerized, speedy and transparent system, and commenced operations on February 8, 1971.he term âNasdaqâ is also used to refer to the Nasdaq Composite, an index of more than 3,000 stocks listed on the Nasdaq exchange that includes the worldâs foremost technology and biotech giants such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Intel and Amgen. Next Up.
On August 1, 2006, NASDAQ became operational as an exchange for NASDAQ-listed securities. (Phase I of exchange operation). Brut and INET became part of the NASDAQ exchange on the. exchange operational date for NASDAQ-listed securities. On October 30, 2006, NASDAQ completed its systems integration for NASDAQ-listed securities. On November 20, 2006, NASDAQ completed the integration of Brut and INET for non-NASDAQ-. listed securities.