Facebook for Nasdaq Helps Greifeld Forget NYSE Takeover Failure

Scoring what may be the biggest listing by a technology company ever will help Robert Greifeld, chief executive officer of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., forget about his last clash with NYSE Euronext’s Duncan Niederauer.

Facebook Inc. plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, further cementing the exchange’s position as the favored venue for the biggest U.S. technology companies, a person with knowledge of the matter said yesterday. The person declined to be named because the discussions are private. The social media giant spurned the New York Stock Exchange, whose stocks have a market value about triple that of Nasdaq’s companies.