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
buck changes constantly problem software stops systems
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.
confident greatest market million point
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,
business markets opened
There are those who will say that the markets could have opened on some abbreviated business before Monday,
monday morning america
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.
valuable
would have been a valuable contributor to our board.
extending interest protection public timely trading user whatever
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,