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The DJIA on May 6, 2010 (11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT) The May 6, 2010, flash crash, [1] [2] [3] also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar [4] flash crash (a type of stock market crash) which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. [5]
Property Tax Circuit Breaker. A Property Tax Circuit Breaker is a tax refund in the United States given to low income individuals and families whose property tax liability is a large percentage of their yearly income. The term was coined by John Shannon of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in the 1960s.
Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, Ninian Edwards. The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991. Only one governor, Richard J. Oglesby, has served multiple non-consecutive ...
Regulators still don't know what caused the flash crash on May 6, but their pilot program of putting circuit breakers on a bunch more stocks goes into full gear this week. Circuit breakers, which ...
2010 404 feet (123 m) Retro-modern: Open Tropicana Field † 25,000: St. Petersburg, Florida: Artificial turf Tampa Bay Rays: 1990: 404 feet (123 m) Modern: Fixed Truist Park: 41,084: Cumberland, Georgia: Grass Atlanta Braves: 2017 400 feet (122 m) Retro-modern: Open Wrigley Field: 41,649: Chicago, Illinois: Grass Chicago Cubs: 1914: 400 feet ...
The Cook County State's Attorney functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. [1]
2. Elizebeth Smith Friedman (August 26, 1892 – October 31, 1980) was an American cryptanalyst and author who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars and helped to solve international smuggling cases during Prohibition. Over the course of her career, she worked for the United States Treasury, Coast Guard, Navy and Army, and the International ...
The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships is the longest tennis match in history. It was a first-round Men's singles match, in which the American 23rd seed John Isner played against French qualifier Nicolas Mahut. The match began at 6:13 pm ( British Summer Time, or 17:13 UTC) on Tuesday, 22 June 2010, on Court 18 at Wimbledon.