1997年2月17日
On this day in 1997, CompuServe chief Robert Massey tendered his resignation, ending his brief, but tumultuous run at the helm of the company. After a successful stint as the head of CompuServe抯 network service division, Massey was tabbed to take control of the entire company in late 1995. However, his tenure atop CompuServe was plagued by fiscal woes and failed business decisions, as the company, which was making a heated push in the burgeoning online services field, ultimately wilted under the furious competition of its rival service provider, America Online (AOL). The key moment in Massey抯 brief reign was his decision to launch an aggressive marketing campaign designed to help CompuServe control the online service market. Though the campaign initially lured a batch of new subscribers, it couldn抰 stave off the competition and eventually helped cripple the company抯 bottom line. In 1996, CompuServe went public with an initial offering price of $35.50 a share; by the time of Massey抯 resignation, the stock had plummeted to a paltry $10.8125. And, to add insult to injury, CompuServe抯 subscription base began to dwindle, prompting the company to withdraw from the rough-and-tumble world of online services and instead focus on its more profitable business services work.
1996年2月17日 深交所修改A股简称
2月17日深交所对在该所佳牌的A股简称进行修改，将证券简称全部用汉字表述，不超过4字，取消现行证券种类代号中的“A”。
2000年2月17日 沪深股市成交量创出925亿天量
2月17日沪深股市跳空高开，在短线获利盘的回吐套现和大批增量资金蜂拥入市的影响下，两地股市经过近来罕见的巨幅震荡后，成交量创出925亿天量记录。
2000年2月17日
Total trading volume for the day on NASDAQ tops 2 billion shares for the first time, as 2,008,438,100 shares change hands and the NASDAQ Composite Index closes above 4500 for the first time, finishing the day at 4548.92.
2003年2月17日 深圳证券信息公司发布企业债指数
深圳证券信息有限公司于2月17日起发布企业债指数。该指数以2002年12月31日为基准日，基日指数为100，指数简称为企债指数，行情代码为399481，随深市行情一起实时动态发布。
