Stock Market

Economic Indicator

Definition A stock market or equity market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete entity) of stocks (also called shares); these may include securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately 

History

In 12th century France the courtiers de change were concerned with managing and regulating the debts of agricultural communities on behalf of the banks. Because these men also traded with debts, they could be called the first Brokers

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Demographic Indicator

Age Specific Death Rate

Definition

AGE-SPECIFIC DEATH RATE is the total number of deaths to residents of a specified age or age group in a specified geographic area (country, state, county, etc.) divided by the population of the same age or age group in the same geographic area.

Measurement

Total Deaths in Specified Age Group X 100,000

Total Population in the same specified Age Group

Social Indicator

Twitter

Definition

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets“

History

Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass and launched by July 2006. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with more than 100 million users who in 2012 posted 340 million tweets per day. The service also handled 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013 Twitter was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet

Stock price: TWTR (NYSE) US$36.60 0.00 (0.00%)22 May, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Founded: March 21, 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

CEO: Dick Costolo Founders: Evan Williams, Noah

Glass, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone