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    Many believe Black Friday was named for the day retail companies would become profitable for the year (retailers would record losses in red in and profits in black), but other accounts differ.
    One story attributes the name to Sept. 24, 1869, when two speculators created a boom and subsequent bust in the gold market. They hoped to drive the price of gold sky high. Eventually, the conspiracy unraveled on what became known as Black Friday.
    Other historians say that Black Friday has ties to Philadelphia.

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