Also . . .

* Eight employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s New York field office that was destroyed in Tuesday’s attacks remain unaccounted for, the agency said. Officials countered comments from experts that the loss of its New York office would hinder major investigations.

* Adobe Systems Inc. postponed its third-quarter earnings report until Wednesday morning.

* American Express Co., which is based in New York’s 3 World Financial Center, said Chief Executive and Chairman Kenneth Chenault will work out of interim headquarters in Jersey City, N.J., along with several headquarters employees.