Eric Noll, the executive vice president who oversees operations on the Nasdaq Stock Market and other platforms, said Nasdaq's preference would be for the markets to open Monday, according to people familiar with the call.

WSJ: Behind Decision to Close Markets

"Brazil is growing so much, " says Danie Tangchai, head of U.S. operations for LJ International (nasdaq: JADE - news - people ), a designer and distributor of fine jewelry.

FORBES: Global Bling

Since Nasdaq commenced its fall in March, profits from such operations have tended to disappear.

ECONOMIST: The bigger they are

EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) provides equipment sales, digital broadcast operations, and satellite services that enhance today's digital TV lifestyle, including products from Sling Media, Inc.

ENGADGET: USPTO rules against TiVo's "Time Warp" patent, but the fight vs. DISH rages on, again

About EchoStar Corporation EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) provides equipment sales, digital broadcast operations, and satellite services that enhance today's digital TV lifestyle, including products from Sling Media, Inc.

ENGADGET: TiVo's $200m damages award against DISH is headed back to the appeals court, future

Nasdaq officials had pushed for stock-market trading to resume Wednesday, telling customers that they intended to keep Nasdaq OMX Group's downtown Manhattan headquarters closed and run operations from data centers in Carteret, N.

WSJ: Questions Cloud Market Reopening

Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) founder Jeff Bezos is building a testing and operations center in West Texas.

FORBES: Billionaires In Space

At the Nasdaq OMX Group, a single technician sits in front of eight flat-panel computer screens in a quiet operations center, 51 stories above the World Trade Center construction site.

FORBES: About Robert Greifeld