They lost the stock and all money associated with it.
Answer: Yes, I do think that trade between countries today still leads to the exchange of technology and ideas because the things/objects people were trading, helped people get ideas about events/create in the future. Also, it helps to develop this process all over the world.
The manufacturing industry is a really important sector in the United States as it helped build the middle class after the second World War. In the early 21st century accounted for 10% of corporate profits. Unfortunately the employment in this sector is estimated to decline in the coming years.
Talmud is 70% Aramaic, Torah is 100% Hebrew. Talmud has (now) a fixed pagination, so one refers to the exact page in Talmud, the Torah is printed freely, and is referenced by chapters. Talmud is a compendium of sayings of hundreds of different sages, Torah was all said by God.