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The top editors of The Wall Street Journal tell you exactly what's happening on the floor, behind the scenes - giving you the inside, in-depth story on the most powerful firms and creative minds on Wall Street. This resource examines the corporate structure, strategies, assets, profits, and losses of the biggest and most diversified Wall Street companies as well as the key retail firms, trading houses, investment banks, and giant commercial banks. Presented here also is a thorough examination of the marketplaces where Wall Street does much of its business - the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market - and the agencies that regulate that business: the SEC and the Federal Reserve. Filled with behind-the-scenes and illuminating personality profiles of major Wall Street players, this book is the definitive guide for anyone who works on the Street, invests, or simply wants to know about the state of the financial world today and its prospects for tomorrow.