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Master in dark arts
Main focus: insert in a database the information about NASDAQ listed companies.
Steps:
1. Create a program that downloads a file from the internet with the companies info: ftp://ftp.nasdaqtrader.com/symboldirectory/nasdaqlisted.txt
2. Create a program that reads line by line the file
3. Create a program that parses each line (split by the separator |)
4. Create a database table with the required fields
5. Insert the companies into the DB
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