Complex sentence: EASDAQ (European Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System) Founded originally as a European equivalent to NASDAQ, it was purchased by NASDAQ in 2001 and became NASDAQ Eur03, it shut down operations as a result of the burst of the dot-com bubble.
Split into simpler sentences: EASDAQ (European Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System) Founded originally as a European equivalent to NASDAQ, it was purchased by NASDAQ in 2001 and became NASDAQ Europe. In 2003, it shut down operations as a result of the burst of the dot-com bubble.