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ATM or atm is an abbreviation which may refer to:

Science and technology[link]

• abundance time measures, physics
• Adobe Type Manager, computer program for managing fonts
• Air traffic management, a concept in air navigation that includes air traffic control.
• Alternating Turing machine, model of computation used in theoretical computer science
• Amateur Telescope Maker, person engaged in the hobby of Amateur Telescope Making
• Amateur Telescope Making, series of three books by Albert Graham Ingalls
• Anjungan Tunai Mandiri, Indonesian term for Automated Teller Machine that means 'Autonomous Cash Platform'
• Apollo Telescope Mount, solar observatory attached to Skylab, the first US space station
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode, telecommunications protocol used in networking
• Ataxia telangiectasia mutated, protein kinase that plays a role in response to DNA damage
• ATM (computer), a ZX Spectrum clone, developed in Moscow in 1991
• Atmosphere (unit) ("atm"), unit of atmospheric pressure
• Automated Teller Machine, cash dispenser or cash machine
• Azithromycin an azalide, subclass of macrolide antibiotics

People and organizations[link]

• Airport code for Altamira Airport in Brazil
• Andrew Martin Andrew "Test" Martin, deceased Canadian professional wrestler
• "Angkatan Tentera Malaysia", the Malaysian Armed Forces
• Anna Tomanová Makanová (Serb. Ана Томанова Маканова, Ana Tomanova Makanova), president of the National Council of the Slovak National Minority in Serbia.
• Association of Teachers of Mathematics, UK teacher organisation
• Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, public company responsible for public transportation in Milan

Miscellaneous[link]

• ATM (film), a 2012 American film
• "Able Toastmaster", used as a postnominal for people granted awards from Toastmasters International
• Active Traffic Management, motorway scheme on the M42 in England
• Actun Tunichil Muknal, cave in Belize of interest in Mayan archaeology
• Aggregate Trailer Mass, the total mass of a fully laden trailer
• Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
• Ass to mouth, type of sexual act
• Internet slang for "at the moment"
• At-the-money, term used in option pricing
• Athlone, Tullamore, Mullingar Gateway or Midlands Gateway
• Automatenmarken, (German) gummed or self adhesive label for postal use
• Awareness Through Movement, group lesson in the Feldenkrais method
• logo of the sports teams of Texas A&M University
• Azhagiya Tamil Magan, a 2007 Tamil film sometimes shortened to ATM

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Rick Santelli is an American on-air editor for the CNBC Business News network.^[1] He joined CNBC as an on-air editor on June 14, 1999, reporting primarily from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. He was formerly the vice president for an institutional trading and hedge fund account for futures-related products. He is also credited with being a catalyst in the early formation of the Tea Party movement via a statement he made on February 19, 2009.^[2]

In the course of his normal production schedule at CNBC Business, Santelli appears on-air approximately 12 to 16 times a day.^[3]

Early life[link]

The grandson of four Italian immigrants, Santelli was born near Taylor Street in Chicago's old Italian neighborhood and at age 6 moved with his family to Lombard, Illinois.^[4] After graduating from Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois,^[4] Santelli graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. He began his career in 1979 as a trader and order filler at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in markets that included gold, lumber, CD's, T-bills, foreign currencies, and livestock. While at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Santelli joined Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

Career[link]

Financial[link]

After college, Santelli began trading in 1979 at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in various markets, including commodities, CD's, Treasuries, and currencies.^[1]

During the time he spent as a financial trader and executive, Santelli worked for Drexel Burnham Lambert as the Vice President of Interest Rate Futures and Options.^[1]

Media[link]

In the 1990s, Santelli felt that the financial industry was changing in a way "not beneficial to me and my family",^[5] and in 1999, accepted a full-time job with CNBC.^[1]

Criticism of government Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan[link]

Santelli drew attention for his remarks made on February 19, 2009, about the Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan. While broadcasting from the floor of the CME Group during pre-market hours, Santelli accused the government of "promoting bad behavior", and raised the possibility of a "Chicago Tea Party". He also suggested that individuals who knowingly purchased high-risk mortgages (and faced impending foreclosure as a consequence) were "losers".

Scattered cheers, whistles, and applause could be heard from some of the personnel around the floor.^[6] Some subsequent protests in American cities, dubbed Tea Parties, may have drawn inspiration from Santelli's outburst, but were not directly associated with him.^{[citation needed]} During a White House press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about Santelli's comments and expressed skepticism over whether Santelli had actually read the government's plan.^[6][7]

Santelli later clarified his comments and addressed concerns that the event was staged.^[8][9]

CNN.com reported that some compared Santelli to fictional reporter Howard Beale, the protagonist of the 1976 satirical film Network.^[10] Santelli has said, "I think that this tea party phenomenon is steeped in American culture and steeped in the American notion to get involved with what’s going on with our government. I haven’t organized. I’m going to have to work to pay my taxes, so I’m not going to be able to get away today. But, I have to tell you — I’m pretty proud of this."^[11]

On April 20, 2009, Santelli participated as a panel member in an Economic Leadership Forum hosted by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation at Texas A&M University.^[12]

Praise and criticism[link]

On November 4, 2010, the Tea Party Patriots organization confirmed in an email to their members that Santelli's comments did in fact start the Tea Party movement:^{[citation needed]}

"Tea Party Patriots wishes to extend a special thank you to Rick Santelli for his rant on February 19, 2009, which started this entire movement. Without Rick's rant, this movement would never have started. Many others will try to take credit but don't be fooled. He was the spark that began this fire."

In addition to this acclaim from the Tea Party movement, Santelli has also garnered some praise from libertarians:^[13]

In the world of financial "journalism," CNBC's Rick Santelli stands out as a refreshing and intelligent antidote to the hoards of perma-bulls, fed apologists, and chart sorcerers that otherwise pollute the financial airwaves. ... The trouble with Santelli, however, is that his political and economic philosophy is inconsistent and incomplete, and does not offer a viable alternative to that being peddled by his Keynesian opponents.

Santelli has also been heavily criticized from the left, for example from George Monbiot:^[14]

it is the most alarming example of cheap demagoguery you are likely to have seen.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rick Santelli bio on CNBC.com
• Original speech by Rick Santelli on CNBC.com
• Santelli's speech and White House response

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