A GUERRILLA SHAKING UP A GENTEEL WORLD: UPSTART EXCHANGE GAINS GROUND ON BLUE-CHIP NYSE.

Crain's Chicago Business,  August, 1999  by STRAHLER, STEVEN R.

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At a securities industry conference here last month, it wasn't hard to pick out Gerald D. Putnam. He was the tieless one in a striped shirt on a panel of talkers dominated by the usual dark suits. Once Mr. Putnam opened his mouth, the contrast got even starker. With a top New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) official near his elbow, Mr.

Putnam, the founder and CEO of an upstart competitor, alluded to NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso's unlikely embrace this summer of a rebel leader in South America. ``Like any other hunter, he was looking for a little practice to protect the ...

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