FTEN

FTEN and Object Trading Offer Transparent Real-Time Risk Controls and Global Cross-Market Access

NEW YORK and LONDON, Dec. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTEN, a NASDAQ OMX company, and Object Trading today announced an alliance which will offer cross-market and cross-asset transparency by providing dynamic pre-trade, at-trade and post-trade controls for broker-dealers who need a risk management solution to meet the global requirements of new and pending regulations. Customers may leverage solutions from both FTEN and Object Trading to efficiently monitor and manage risk across multiple asset classes and global trading venues from a central point of awareness and control in real time.

Edward Lowe Foundation

Edward Lowe Foundation Receives $730,000 Grant From The NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation for Research on Job Creation and Capital Access

CASSOPOLIS, Mich., May 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Edward Lowe Foundation today announced its new partnership with The NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation to establish a new research and education institute focusing on job growth and capital access for developing companies in the United States.

Carpenter Moore

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Acquires Western Region Practice of Carpenter Moore Insurance Services

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and Carpenter Moore Insurance Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today announced that Woodruff-Sawyer has acquired the Western region direct practice of Carpenter Moore from NASDAQ OMX. The Western region direct practice, based in San Francisco, encompasses its established directors & officers insurance business with more than 60 clients based primarily on the West coast. The combination of Woodruff-Sawyer and the Western region practice does not include Carpenter Moore's Eastern region practice, based in New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Carpenter Moore

Survey: Market Volatility and Economic Crisis Leads to Rising Executive Liability Insurance Costs

NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Financial services companies now pay the highest average premiums for directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, surpassing rates paid by life sciences and technology firms, according to a forthcoming report from Carpenter Moore, a NASDAQ OMX company (Nasdaq:NDAQ). This shift in D&O pricing trends accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial and economic crisis deepened.

Carpenter Moore

Carpenter Moore Ranked Number One D&O Insurance Broker for Public Companies, Survey Finds

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Carpenter Moore, a wholly owned subsidiary of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today announced it has been ranked the number one directors and officers (D&O) insurance broker for public companies, according to the latest annual survey by a leading professional services organization. The Towers Perrin Directors and Officers Liability Survey, now in its 30th year, also recognized Carpenter Moore as the leading D&O broker in three other categories: asset size from $400 million to $1 billion, $2 billion to $5 billion, and $5 billion to $10 billion.

Carpenter Moore

NASDAQ's Carpenter Moore Announces New Leadership for E&O Liability Practice

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Carpenter Moore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today announced the addition of two veteran broker-executives to its Errors & Omissions (E&O) Liability Practice. Effective November 5, Ted Doolittle is named Managing Director, Global E&O Liability Practice Leader, while Mickey Estey joins as a Managing Director. Both executives have a specialization in insurance solutions for the rapidly expanding privacy and security issues confronting companies today.

Nasdaq International

Final Offers Lapsed

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") announces that its Final Offers for London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSE") have lapsed.

Nasdaq International

NASDAQ: Response to LSE's Third Defence Document

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") notes the publication of a third defence document (the "Circular") by London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSE") earlier today.

Nasdaq International

Final Cash Offers by Nightingale Acquisition Limited (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.) for the Entire Issued and to be Issued Share Capital of London Stock Exchange Group plc

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") announces that its Final Offers* for London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSE") have been extended and will remain open for acceptance until 1.00 p.m. (London time) on Saturday, 10 February 2007, being the last time and possible date allowed under the Code. No further extension will be possible unless the Final Offers are unconditional as to acceptances at that time*.

Nasdaq International

NASDAQ: Withdrawal of Scope to Revise the Final Offers in the Event of An LSE Board Recommendation

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") announces that it has not been contacted by the Board of London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSE") with respect to a recommended transaction. In NASDAQ's view, there is now insufficient time to effect any revision of the Final Offers via constructive dialogue with LSE and an LSE Board recommendation by the deadline of midnight (London time) on Saturday 27 January 2007. Accordingly, NASDAQ announces that the Final Offers can no longer be revised upon the recommendation of the LSE Board.