Wall Street Crash of 1929 rate of 133 in 1931). The 1929 crash brought the Roaring Twenties to a halt. As tentatively expressed by economic historian Charles P. Kindleberger, in 1929, there was no lender of last resort effectively present, which, if it had existed and been properly exercised, would have been key in shortening the business slowdown that normally follows financial crises. The crash marked the beginning of widespread and long-lasting consequences for the United States. Historians still debate the question: did the 1929 Crash spark The Great Depression, or did it merely coincide with the bursting of a loose credit-inspired economic bubble? Only
The Wall Street Journal 1971 to 1997 brought about a series of launches, acquisitions, and joint ventures, including "Factiva", "The Wall Street Journal Asia", "The Wall Street Journal Europe", the WSJ.com website, Dow Jones Indexes, MarketWatch, and "WSJ Weekend Edition". In 2007, News Corp. acquired Dow Jones. "WSJ.", a luxury lifestyle magazine, was launched in 2008. A complement to the print newspaper, "The Wall Street Journal Online", was launched in 1996 and has allowed access only by subscription from the beginning. In 2003, Dow Jones began to integrate reporting of the "Journal" print and online subscribers together in Audit Bureau of Circulations statements. In