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Nelson Mandela Death is Mourned in New York City

The ticker tape parade honoring Nelson Mandela is memorialized on Broadway near Park Place.

With the death of Nelson Mandela, today is a day of mourning and remembrance worldwide. Here in New York City, we've honored Mandela with a ticker tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes- that was in 1990. Like all ticker tape parades before and since, a plaque marking the occasion was embedded on Broadway.

Click here to view our map to locate the marker for the Nelson Mandela ticker tape parade.

You can find the Nelson Mandela ticker tape parade marker on Broadway. Click the link above.

Nelson Mandela death mourned by South Africans, including Wall Street Walks owner Annaline Dinkelmann

The South African flag flies at half-mast at the New York Stock Exchange following the death of Nelson Mandela.

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50 States, 50 Weeks, One Packed Bag | Samsonite Blog

 We were honored to act as downtown ambassador for The Packed Bag! The Packed Bag is an Aussie travel adventurer in the United States on an epic holiday: she's visiting all 50 states in 50 weeks! What a trip! Here she gets up close and personal with our buddy The Bull. Read a bit more about her 10 favorite states on the Samsonite blog (link below).

50 States, 50 Weeks, One Packed Bag | Samsonite Blog

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Win tickets to the Dec 2nd Wall Street Rocks Benefit Concert

Download this flyer image and share it on your social media for a chance to win tickets! Tag WSRocks on Facebook, or @wallstrocks and #wallstreetrocks on Twitter

Handing out flyers on Wall Street!

Wall Street Rocks is a benefit concert taking place December 2nd at Irving Plaza. Performing will be: Sugar Ray, Riffhanger, Big Dog Party & The Darrens. The concert benefits several worthy charities: the Wounded Warrior Project, Reserve Aid and Operation Finally Home. Buy tickets and find out more here: www.wallstreetrocks.org

For a chance to win tickets, download our image of the concert flyer above and post it to your own social media account!
When you post to Facebook, make sure to Like & tag WSRocks. When you post to Twitter or Instagram, tag @wallstrocks and hashtag #wallstreetrocks

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Twitter IPO at NYSE today

Twitter IPO at NYSE

The IPO of Twitter stock (TWTR) is proving to be a popular topic of conversation... even Jim Cramer discussed the IPO at length on Mad Money last night, comparing it to the Facebook IPO. Many of the Wall Street area workers are snapping pics of the New York Stock Exchange and that giant Twitter banner as they head into the office. Presumably all of those people are then posting the images to Twitter? I know we did.

We are interested to see how this stock plays out- it represents the confluence of two topics we are inherently interested in: Wall Street and social media.

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10 Fun Facts About Twitter Stock and the Twitter IPO

Are you excited about the possiblity of adding Twitter stock to your portfolio? You should be- it's the culmination of years of hard work and business development, and Wall Street is abuzz right now with activity related to the Twitter IPO.

Here are some fun facts about Twitter stock and their impending IPO:

1. The Twitter IPO date has been pushed to November 7, 2013 (with earlier predictions ranging from October to mid-November).
2. The projected IPO price of Twitter stock is $17-$20 per share.
3. Based on the number of shares being offered, and the projected share price, the valuation of Twitter as a company is about $10 billion.
4. Twitter is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, not the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ is traditionally the place for tech IPOs. Maybe they are scared of the technical glitches that harmed Facebook's first day of trading? 
5. The New York Stock Exchange is very automated and has similar, if not better, technology than the NASDAQ. 
6. The banks involved in the Twitter IPO make money in the banking fees they charge. For Twitter stock that is 3.2%. It may seem low, but the size of the transaction still means an enormous cut for Goldman Sachs. It's not the percentage, but the dollar amount that counts.
7. The "roadshow" is the marketing campaign used by Goldman Sachs and the other investments banks to market and sell Twitter stock. Click here to watch the Twitter Roadshow video.
8. IPO is the abbreviation for Initial Public Offering, the first time a privately held company will become a publicly trade company. 
9. After the IPO, all the Twitter executives and staff will have money to manage. Goldman Sachs will make their money off the management fees and the recurring fees from that money management. 
10. The general public, unless they have large accounts, cannot buy Twitter stock before Twitter is officially a listed company. The shares become available to the public to trade after the IPO.

Go log in to Twitter and use their fine service! We're on Twitter: @wallstreetwalks - please follow us!

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New York City Police Museum Reopens TODAY at 45 Wall Street

We are pleased to announce that the New York City Police Museum, whose original location was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy, has reopened today (temporarily) in a storefront at 45 Wall Street! Come visit the fine folks at the Police Museum and check out their fascinating displays of historical NYPD artifacts. We just stopped in and we were greeted with warm smiles as we checked out the exhibits: uniforms, gear, weapons, photographs, medals, anecdotes, 9/11 artifacts and even a real NYPD Harley Davidson motorcycle! A great Museum in an absolutely stellar location, right on Wall Street.

Our Wall Street Walks walking tours begin on the next block so the Police Museum is a great place to visit before or after one of our tours. Admission is $5 per person, or FREE with the NY Pass. The Police Museum even has a sweet gift shop where you can get all your REAL, officially-licensed NYPD apparel like sweatshirts and hats.

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