The American Stock Exchange listed the units of Sapphire Industrials Corp. under the ticker symbol FYR.U. The offering size is 80,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $800,000,000 (excluding the underwriters' over-allotment option).

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) lists the units of Polaris Acquisition Corp. under the ticker symbol TKP.U. The offering size is 15,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $150,000,000 (excluding the underwriters’ over-allotment option). One unit equals one share of common stock and one warrant. Initially, the units will be the only security trading.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) released its year-end 2007 business results today, highlighting its strong commitment to product innovation and to growing its core businesses. The Amex business units showed strong results with exchange traded funds (ETFs) setting a record year in new listings with 179 new ETFs.

The American Stock Exchange announced today that it has launched trading in Market Vectors–Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Long Municipal Index ETF (Amex: MLN) by Van Eck Global.

The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,098,769,309 shares as of the December 31, 2007 settlement date, an increase of 15,264,381from the 1,083,504,928 (adjusted) shares reported on December 14, 2007. The figure represents trades through December 26, 2007.

The American Stock Exchange lists the American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of Samson Oil and Gas Limited under the ticker symbol SSN. The Company lists 2,500,000 ADRs, representing 20 ordinary shares per ADR.

The American Stock Exchange lists the common stock of Keegan Resources Inc. under the ticker symbol KGN.

The American Stock Exchange lists the common stock of Midway Gold Corp. under the ticker symbol MDW.

The American Stock Exchange opens trading on Morgan Stanley's 9% SPARQS Linked to Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) opens trading on Morgan Stanley's Protected Absolute Return Barrier Notes Based on the S&P 500 Index.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced that on December 12, 2007, the shareholders of Endeavor Acquisition Corp. approved the proposed merger with American Apparel Inc.

The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,092,795,300 shares as of the December 14, 2007 settlement date, a decrease of 35,935,084 from the 1,128,730,384 (adjusted) shares reported on November 30, 2007. The figure represents trades through December 11, 2007.