The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Citigroup Funding Inc.'s 8% ELKS Based Upon Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) opened trading on Safety First Trust Series 2008-3’s Principal-Protected Trust Certificates Linked to a Global Index Basket. The basket is based on the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index, and the S&P BRIC 40 Index.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,448,042,409 shares as of the August 15, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 40,565,098 from the 1,488,607,507 (adjusted) shares reported on July 31, 2008. The figure represents trades through August 12, 2008.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the MSCI EAFE Index.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on AB Svensk Ekportkredit's (Swedish Export Credit Corporation) Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the Russell 2000 Index.

Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. (BMD: TSX and AMEX) received notice on August 12, 2008 from the Staff of the American Stock Exchange LLC that the AMEX intends to strike the common stock of the Company from Exchange listing by filing a delisting application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 1009(d) of the AMEX Company Guide.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on AB Svensk Ekportkredit's (Swedish Export Credit Corporation) Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the S&P 500 Index.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes Linked to the Russell 3000 Index.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's STEP Income Securities Linked to Monsanto Company.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes Linked to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,469,766,401 shares as of the July 15, 2008 settlement date, an increase of 35,906,780 from the 1,433,859,621 (adjusted) shares reported on June 30, 2008. The figure represents trades through July 10, 2008.

The American Stock Exchange listed the units of North Asia Investment Corp. under the ticker symbol NHR.U. The offering size is 5,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $ 50,000,000 (excluding the underwriters’ over-allotment option).