I shared with the board of directors ... that, with the deepest reluctance and if the board so desired, I would submit my resignation,

We were unanimous this morning in our view that nothing should happen -- at least from the Big Board -- until after both the millennium change and 'decimalization' have been accomplished,

This board of directors has been totally asleep,

More often than not, a C.E.O is merely a puppet whose strings are pulled by a board of directors.

Our systems are all go. At 9:30 Monday morning trading will resume on both markets, and the message will be given to criminals who foisted this on America that they lost.

Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace.