<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - NYSE</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/nyse?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><description>NYSE</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Former NYSE Director Seeks Suit Dismissal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7116-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7116-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former New York Stock Exchange compensation committee chairman Kenneth G. Langone on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss New York state's lawsuit against him, saying the case has no  merit.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasso Sues NYSE, Reed for $50 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A72-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A72-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso struck back at the exchange on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit against the NYSE and its  chairman, John S. Reed, seeking $50 million for breach of contract and defamation of character.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasso Sues NYSE for $50 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63674-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63674-2004Jul20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso struck back at the exchange this morning, filing a suit against the NYSE for at least $50 million for breach of contract and defamation of character.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasso Wants Suit Moved To U.S. Court]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50663-2004Jun17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50663-2004Jun17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, June 17 -- Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso on Thursday requested that the lawsuit over his $139.5 million compensation package be moved from state to federal court, a tactic that brought swift opposition from New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer, who filed the suit against Grasso last month.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasso Co-Defendant Makes Class-Based Appeal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41820-2004Jun14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41820-2004Jun14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, June 14 -- Kenneth G. Langone is a Wall Street investment banker worth nearly $1 billion. But for him, the fight over former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso's $139.5 million pay package is a class confrontation between blue-collar boys made good and a politically ambitious prosecutor born to wealth and privilege.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasso, Spitzer Take It Personal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55761-2004May25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55761-2004May25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York state attorney general and former NYSE chief exchange legal punches in the second day of the Spitzer-Grasso extravaganza.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former NYSE Chief Grasso Sued Over Pay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53030-2004May24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53030-2004May24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso bullied directors into awarding him enormous salary and benefits packages, New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spitzer Suit Includes Ex-NYSE Compensation Chairman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52998-2004May24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52998-2004May24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Kenneth G. Langone has played many different roles in his 68 years. Co-founder of hardware chain Home Depot Inc. Prominent Republican fundraiser and philanthropist. Board member of the New York Stock Exchange. Loyal friend.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spitzer Sues Grasso Over NYSE Pay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51413-2004May24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51413-2004May24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer Monday filed a lawsuit against former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso, demanding that Grasso return a substantial portion of the $139.5 million paid to him by the exchange last year, a source said.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-NYSE Chief Likely to Face Battle With Spitzer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5626-2004May5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5626-2004May5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer is preparing a lawsuit against former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso seeking repayment of some of the $139.5 million in deferred salary and retirement benefits paid to Grasso by the exchange last year.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYSE Plans TV Advertising Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A357-2004Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A357-2004Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sometime this spring, the New York Stock Exchange will roll out a new national television ad campaign extolling the virtues of the NYSE "brand."]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Seeks Details of Deals to Pay Grasso]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31715-2004Mar4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31715-2004Mar4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued subpoenas to every New York Stock Exchange director who served during Dick Grasso's eight years as chairman and chief executive officer, sources familiar with the investigation said.]]></description><author> Ben White and Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grasso Refuses to Return $139.5 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10599-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10599-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso is refusing to return any of the $139.5 million paid to him last year by the exchange  and may seek over $50 million more that he believes he is owed.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trading System Sound, NYSE Chief Asserts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52788-2004Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52788-2004Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John A. Thain, chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange, says the 211-year-old institution's system for trading stocks remains sound and cautioned against regulatory changes being considered in Washington, saying they could harm investors.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYSE Chief Thain to Propose Changes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14094-2004Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14094-2004Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York Stock Exchange chief executive John A. Thain will formally present his plan to increase electronic trading at the NYSE today, in an effort to fend off critics who say the exchange's 211-year-old system for buying and selling shares is outdated and designed to benefit market insiders.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Finds Weak Case Against Grasso]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4732-2004Jan9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4732-2004Jan9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawyers began poring over the 130-page investigative report on former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYSE Asks  Regulators To Move Against Grasso]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1787-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1787-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The New York Stock Exchange's board of directors formally asked New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer and the SEC to take action against exchange chairman Dick Grasso over Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spitzer May Seek Grasso Payback]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63390-2004Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63390-2004Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer may file a civil lawsuit to force former New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso to return some of the $139.5 million paid to him by the exchange last year, sources said.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs President Named Chief of NYSE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13707-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13707-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The New York Stock Exchange Thursday named Goldman Sachs President John A. Thain to lead a major change in the coming year for the world's largest stock market.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYSE Names New Chief Executive]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10914-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10914-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/nyse</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The New York Stock Exchange today named John A. Thain, president and chief operating officer of the investment bank Goldman Sachs, to be its new chief executive.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item></channel></rss>
