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Discusses the impact of a terrorist attack in Spain on the stock market, in light of a report that the attack was linked to al Qaeda. Decline on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite Index since January; The Dow experiencing a 168.51 point drop in one day; Idea that the market was making a recovery before the attack, according to David Hegarty, stock trader at Commerzbank Securities in New York; Reaction of investors; Concern about how far the market will fall; Statistics on trading volume.

Reports on economic activity and recovery in the United States in the months following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. How Merrill Lynch & Co. employees have reoccupied company headquarters near the site of the attacks in New York City; Relocations of companies from Manhattan to other locations; Emotional effect on workers.

Reports on small businesses located near the site where the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City were destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001. How many small business have suffered financially as a result of the attacks and recession; Efforts of the non-profit microlender group Seedco to assist businesses; Details on the Recovery Fund, which offers grants to businesses that have been hurt; Personal narratives.

Reports on small business owners in lower Manhattan in New York City, and how many are trying to retain their customer base following terrorist attacks. Paul Weisenfeld, owner of Tribeca Hardware, and his business losses since the attacks; How Joe Wightman, owner of a Mail Boxes Etc. near the World Trade Center has been unable to operate his business; Other small business owners and their efforts to stay in business.

Reports on plans of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to move its headquarters to midtown Manhattan in New York City from the downtown financial district following attacks on the Twin Towers. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as the most prominent financial institution to move out of the financial district of New York; Plans for the purchase of office space from Morgan Stanley.

Presents news briefs relating to the work environment in the United States. Job hunting by workers in New York displaced by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; Legal obstacles for the Offshore Mariners United, a trade union attempting to expand its membership to include tradesmen in foreign countries; Push for additional consideration in the evacuation of disabled persons from workplaces; Unemployment rates in Miami, Florida, and Los Angeles, California.

Focuses on the effect of the terrorist attacks in the United States on Wall Street strategists and investors. Efforts of consultants to make connections with resources that have access to international intelligence; Discussion of how geopolitical factors have become the drivers of the stock market; Influence of geopolitical risk on forecasting investment.

Reports on the relocation of Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers Holdings following terrorist attacks which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York. How both companies lost their headquarters; Problems with telephone access; Performance of their stock holdings lagging below average.

Reports on Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc., a hedge-fund company located on the 88th and 89th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City when terrorists attacked and destroyed the Twin Towers. How John Duffy, an executive at the firm, lost his son in the attack; The loss of 67 of their 224 employees; Plans to persevere and reopen for business.

Reports on overdue debts owed by the Bank of New York Co. to other banks and brokerage firms. Role of the bank in the business of clearing securities trades and sending money between banks; How its operations were disrupted as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City; Dependence of the U.S. financial system on large financial institutions.

Reports on the delay of the re-opening of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq exchange following terrorist attacks which destroyed the World Trade Center's twin towers. Problems preventing the opening including intermittent telephone and electrical service; Difficulties with transportation; Damage to the American Stock Exchange building; Uncertainty concerning investor response to the attacks.

Reports on efforts of the United States government to maintain calm in the banking system after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City. Need of bankers for reassurance that the Federal Reserve system was operating; Effect of the grounding of all U.S. air traffic on the check-transfer system; Discussion of 'float,' which occurs if check-delivery deadlines are not met; Delivery of paper checks by AirNet Systems Inc. using trucks; Mention of several banks and how they were effected.

Focuses on how the reaction of investors to terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City caused a decline in global trading of the dollar. Rise in currencies seen as safe havens in time of turmoil, such as the Swiss franc; Data on how currency such as the euro, sterling, and the United States dollar traded after the attack; Statement that what happens to the dollar depends on a combination of political events, economics and the possibility of war. INSET: Past Closings of the New York Stock Exchange.

Focuses on the decision of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, which consists of the government's chief financial regulators, to close stock markets in the United States in the wake of a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Speculation on how the market will fall when reopened; Observations of the disaster as seen by Michael O'Brien, supervisor at the New York Stock Exchange, which is located in the financial district, and observations of others; Reaction of global markets to the attack on the U.S.

Reports on the success of the Floating Hospital, a non-profit organization that has a vessel off of New York City's Manhattan island, that provides health care to the uninsured and people on Medicaid. Plans to expand which include land-based medical clinics; Medicaid reimbursement that the medical care organization receives; Internal problems at the Floating Hospital, including the ousting of executive Kathleen Lopez.

Reports on the disruption that Hurricane Floyd caused on Wall Street on September 16, 1999. The early closing of the bond market; The light trading activity that was experienced by the New York Stock Exchange; The abbreviated schedule for the New York Mercantile Exchange.