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The NASDAQ is an American stock exchange based in New York City. NASDAQ, which was originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, is the second-largest stock exchange in the United States, in terms of the value of its securities, trailing only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Many of the world’s largest technology companies appear on the NASDAQ, including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, eBay, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun.
(source: wisegeek.com)
