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NASDAQ And Clean Edge Launch Clean Energy Index

Date 09/05/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ(R)) (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and Clean Edge, Inc. today announced plans to launch the NASDAQ(R) Clean Edge(R) U.S. Index, an innovative and powerful tool for clean-energy investing. Clean Edge is a leading research and publishing firm that helps companies, investors and policymakers understand and profit from clean technologies. NASDAQ will begin disseminating the index on May 18.
Mondas Announces Proven Interface With Exchange Data International’s Corporate Action Feed Financial Institutions Save Time, Reduce Risks & Costs and Improve Accuracy

Date 09/05/2006

Financial Markets software specialist, Mondas PLC and Exchange Data International (EDI), a leading provider of high-quality, accurate international securities data announced today that EDI has been added to Mondas PLC’s list of proven ISO 15022 data feeds for its flagship Radica CAPS Corporate Action software solution. Financial firms will benefit from reduced data handling costs and improved accuracy. They will also save time and further cost because there will no longer be the need to develop
JSE Equities Market Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 5 May 2006

Date 09/05/2006

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Equities Market.
ISS Recommends Shareholders Vote Against Shareholder Proposal At Euronext’s Annual General Meeting on May 23, 2006

Date 09/05/2006

Euronext is pleased to announce that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the largest independent proxy research firm, recommends that shareholders vote against a shareholder proposal that asserts the principle that a merger between Euronext and Deutsche Boerse is in the best interests of Euronext’s shareholders.
HKEx Exchange Participants Statistics - On-floor And Off-floor Trading Statistics

Date 09/05/2006

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor Main Board + Trading Only Stocks Turnover (in HK$ Mil.)

Group One Takaful Holding Set To Open Office In The Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 09/05/2006

Group One Takaful Holding, a company recently launched by the Kuwait-based Investors Group, has been registered as an unregulated company at the Dubai International Financial Centre.
GL TRADE Came 4th In The Truffle 100 French Software Firm Ratings

Date 09/05/2006

GL TRADE, global provider of front-to-back office software solutions for international financial institutions, came 4th in the Truffle 100 ratings in 2005, behind Dassault Systèmes, Business Objects and Cegid.
FIX Protocol Ltd Reestablishes Exchanges/ECN Working Group

Date 09/05/2006

One of the goals of FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) for 2006 is to focus on the needs and adoption of FIX by exchanges and other liquidity markets. As noted in the 2005 FIX Global Survey, over three quarters of the exchanges surveyed support a FIX interface and the majority handle over 25% of their total trading volume via FIX. In 2006, there has already been an increase in exchange participation within FPL activities and their usage of the FIX Protocol.
Euronext 1st Quarter 2006 Results: Record Results - Revenues +20.5%, EBITA +72%

Date 09/05/2006

Revenues increased: by 20.5% to €268.1m Costs well under control: decrease of 0.2%, to €158.4m EBITA amounts to €109.8m, up 72% EBITA margin at 40.9% (versus 28.7%) Net Profit* of €107.1m, up 136.6%
Dr. Michael Gorham Appointed As Director Of NCDEX

Date 09/05/2006

The Board of Directors of the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) at its meeting held on Saturday, May 6, 2006 has appointed Dr. Michael Gorham as the Additional Director of the Exchange. NCDEX has a 11-member Board, each an authority in their respective spheres of expertise.