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The world’s first electronic stock market - The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) - begins trading 2,500 over-the-counter securities.
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NASDAQ creates The NASDAQ-100 Index, comprised of NASDAQ’s top 100 largest non-financial companies by market cap.
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NASDAQ allows firms and investors around the globe to participate in the trans-Atlantic NASDAQ network during European trading hours.
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NASDAQ surpasses the NYSE in yearly share volume.
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The first exchange website, www.NASDAQ.com, goes live and quickly becomes one of the most visited investor sites on the Internet.
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NASDAQ becomes the world’s biggest stock market by dollar volume.
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On New Year’s Eve and in the heart of Times Square, NASDAQ opens MarketSite, featuring a broadcast studio and the largest outdoor video screen in the world.
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Google goes public on NASDAQ.
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NASDAQ acquires OMX and changes name to The NASDAQ OMX Group.
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NASDAQ OMX buys the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the United States.
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Nasdaq becomes the first North American exchange to join United Nations Global Compact.
