Monday, February 15, 2010

westminster dog show


In Madison Square Garden the Westminster Dog Show kicks off today. This is the 134th Dog Show that includes 173 breeds plus three newly recognized by the American Kennel Club. All of them are competing in show for the honor of best. Typically the term ” dogs of Wall Street refers to the year’s worst stocks but on Tuesday it will have the different meaning. During a televised stock exchange tradition some of the nation’s finest canines will be featured including Lola, a Pyrenean shepherd from Salisbury Township owned by Maggie Emmell and Nan Frantz.

New breeds are being spotlighted by the NASDAQ. The dogs are recently accepted in the American Kennel Club and for the first time they are competing for the show. On Tuesday at the NASDAQ Stock Market, Westminster dogs have been invited to ring the closing bell. Now it is to see that at the closure of the market at 4 p.m. which dog will ring the bell? Co-owner and handler of Lola, Emmell said that it was unknown even to the owner of the dogs that who would be the dog that will rang the bell.

CEOs of NASDAQ-listed companies are invited as guest bell ringers. They will sign their name on the electronic board that projects their name on the seven-story-high screen of NASDAQ in Times Square. On the thoroughbred canine calendar the most influential event in the show is that this weekend how the New York Times characterized the show in an article and how bucks and hype determine the winner by playing large roles. CNN and CNBC will televised the closing ceremony.

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