Richard Grasso
Richard Grasso
Richard A. "Dick" Grassowas chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003, the culmination of a career that began in 1968 when Grasso was hired by the Exchange as a floor clerk. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Grasso became the public face of the Exchange and was praised for his role in helping restart operations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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The more important is question of the human issues, ... Today we're getting very positive reports of people being recovered alive. No one wants to interrupt that process. It's more important for the city ... that they have all the time necessary without any disruptions to get into that pile and get people out.
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When Sandy and I discussed his potential service, he reminded me of his full agenda as CEO of Citigroup and the demands upon his time,
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we will vigorously defend our right to keep it.
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We were unanimous this morning in our view that nothing should happen -- at least from the Big Board -- until after both the millennium change and 'decimalization' have been accomplished,
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Our systems are all go. At 9:30 Monday morning trading will resume on both markets, and the message will be given to criminals who foisted this on America that they lost.
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Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle.
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Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace.
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Through technology, we have exported the floor of the NYSE to the consumer,
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We are saddened to lose Martha Stewart, who has built a brand and a company admired around the world, ... Our board will miss Ms. Stewart's counsel and insight, and expressed its deep gratitude for her service.
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There are those who will say that the markets could have opened on some abbreviated business before Monday,
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We're constantly making changes to our systems to make things better for our customers, ... This is not a problem with the software vendor, this is a problem with the NYSE and the buck stops here.
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would have been a valuable contributor to our board.
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Whatever the competitive arguments may be for a more timely introduction of extending the trading day, the overriding interest should be the protection of the public user of the marketplace,
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We have rebuilt the infrastructure to the point where I'm confident that 85 million Americans can be back in the greatest market in the world,