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10/23/01 09:42 PM: NASDAQ in Midtown?
Nasdaq Considers Move (washingtonpost.com)
NEW YORK – The Nasdaq Stock Market is considering moving its headquarters to midtown Manhattan, in yet another sign that companies are rethinking the wisdom of working in the financial district following the terrorist attacks.
The headquarters is just a small piece of the electronic market’s operations, employing 127 people, or 10 percent of its total work force. But a move from its location at 1 Liberty Plaza, next door to the now-destroyed World Trade Center, would make Nasdaq the second major company to leave the area after Sept. 11.
If all the financial institutions move from the financial district, wouldn’t the new place they move become the new financial district?
