Nasdaq OMX
Headquarters: One Liberty Plaza
165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
Phone: (212) 401-8700
Employees: 2,100
CEO: Bob Greifeld
Stock Symbol: NDAQ
Website: http://www.nasdaqomx.com
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NASDAQ delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,700 listed companies.
The NASDAQ Stock Exchange is heavily populated with technology companies including Amazon.com, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.
Unlike its competitor, the NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ operates an all-electronic trading exchange with no floor traders and brokers.
NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries.
The company has operations in Armenia, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, UK and US.
The NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square shows updated stock quotes and is a backdrop for financial reports on major TV news networks.
History
Founded in 1971, NASDAQ is an acronym standing for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.
The company has its origins to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in 1790 which was the first stock exchange in the U.S.
The NASDAQ has an IPO in 1987 becoming the first stock exchange to go public.
NASDAQ would merge with Sweden's OMX in 2007 to form the NASDAQ OMX Group. In 2007, NASDAQ OMX would acquire the Philadelphia and Boston Stock Exchanges.
Updated August 4, 2011
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