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Article: New York Stock Exchange Remains Most Popular Market for Investment World.
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2003
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Byline: Jim Stafford
Nov. 2--Something special happened for Ada-based Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. when the bell clanged May 13, 1999, at the New York Stock Exchange.
The bell signaled the start of trading in Pre-Paid's stock on the "Big Board" of the New York Stock Exchange. Pre-Paid Chief Executive Officer Harland C. Stonecipher even served as official bell ringer for the opening of the trading day.
The day was, Stonecipher told The Oklahoman at the time, a "dream come true" as Pre-Paid moved its stock listing from the rival American Stock Exchange to the New York Stock Exchange.
Although the American Exchange had lobbied it to stay ...