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After college she got a job on Wall Street.
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The crisis was so severe that Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns had collapsed just three months earlier.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Its founder and head of research brings decades of Wall Street experience to that feed, from mergers and acquisitions to block trades.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
Yet, it has repeatedly been named the happiest city in America, first by The Wall Street Journal in 2014 and more recently by The Times.
—Phil Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Its founder and head of research brings decades of Wall Street experience to that feed, from mergers and acquisitions to block trades.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
Yet, it has repeatedly been named the happiest city in America, first by The Wall Street Journal in 2014 and more recently by The Times.
—Phil Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Wall Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wall%20Street. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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Wall Street
noun
: the powerful financial interests that control or influence the U.S. economy
Etymology
from Wall Street in New York City, site of a major stock trading exchange
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