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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israel's only public stock exchange and a public company that has been traded on the tel-aviv stock exchange si”. Today it says “only public stock exchange in israel and a public company itself”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange ( TASE ) is a stock exchange in Tel-Aviv , Israel . The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange was incorporated and began operations in 1953 . In 1983 it moved to its current location in Ahad Ha'am street in Tel-Aviv. As of 2003, the TASE is Israel's only stock exchange. It lists more than 650 companies, about 20 of which are also listed on stock exchanges in other countries (mostly on the NASDAQ and the NYSE ). Daily turnover of shares and convertibles in 2003 was 80 million USD .1

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israel's only public stock exchange and a public company that has been traded on the tel-aviv stock exchange si”. Today it says “only public stock exchange in israel and a public company itself”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

israel's only public stock exchange and a public company that has been traded on the tel-aviv stock exchange si

Now

only public stock exchange in israel and a public company itself

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