Correction ran 9/23/2003: In some editions Monday, a story on 1B about the new interim chairman of the New York Stock Exchange contained a sentence that referred to John Reed when it should have referred to Peter Fisher. Fisher is scheduled to leave his Treasury Department job Oct. 10 and is unwilling to comment publicly on his interest in the NYSE job until then.

Reed, 64, was at the top of a list of 12 candidates for the interim chairmanship, said NYSE director Laurence Fink, who chaired the NYSE board's search committee.

At least four NYSE directors turned down the interim chairmanship, according to people knowledgeable about the board's search efforts. In the NYSE's statement Sunday, Fink was quoted as saying Reed was the only person offered the job.