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).

The American Stock Exchange listed the common stock of Ur-Energy Inc. under the ticker symbol URG.

The American Stock Exchange lists the common shares of Petroflow Energy Ltd. under the ticker symbol PED.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,434,314,234 shares as of the June 30, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 44,155,632 from the 1,478,469,866 (adjusted) shares reported on June 13, 2008. The figure represents trades through June 25, 2008.

Vanguard announced today that it will transfer 34 Vanguard ETFs to the NYSE Arca listing and trading platform. The move of the Vanguard ETFs, which have been listed on the American Stock Exchange (Amex) since their inception, is a result of, and is contingent upon, the merger of Amex and NYSE EuroNext, the holding company for NYSE Arca.

The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,486,669,035 shares as of the June 13, 2008 settlement date, an increase of 13,950,047 from the 1,347,168,564 (adjusted) shares reported on May 30, 2008. The figure represents trades through June 10, 2008.

The American Stock Exchange launched trading in eight new exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Rydex Investments (Rydex). These new products bring the total number of Amex-listed ETFs to 406.

The American Stock Exchange has launched trading in two new exchange traded funds: Short Financials ProShares (Amex: SEF) and Short Oil & Gas ProShares (Amex: DDG) by ProShare Advisors LLC (ProShares). ProShares now offers investors a choice of 64 ETFs, all of which are listed on the Amex.

The American Stock Exchange lists the common stock of Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. under the ticker symbol BKJ.