Several circus animals escaped last night in Amstelveen, just south of Amsterdam.

Today, 699,400 ordinary shares of the company Tetrys were admitted on the Free Market of Euronext Brussels next to a bond issue of €1.25 million.

In order to increase the visibility and to support the development of the biotech sector in Europe, Euronext has launched a biotech index on 7 April 2008: Next Biotech. Next Biotech is the first Eurozone biotech index and, as it is composed solely of biotech companies, the only true biotech index in the world.

Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, May 15 2008 – Liffe announced that the Exchange will launch one month futures contracts on the "Eonia" (Euro Overnight Indexed Average) and the "Sonia" (Sterling Overnight Indexed Average), and a three month "Eonia" Swap Index futures contract in June 2008.

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Euronext N.V. (NXT) announced today that the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has rendered its final judgment on the matter of the statutory buy-out of the remaining Euronext shareholders holding a minority of approximately 2% of the shares of Euronext N.V.

JPMorgan announced today the launch of a new series comprising four exchange traded funds (ETFs) based on the sub-indices of JPMorgan's European Monetary Union Government Bond Index (GBI EMU) on NYSE Euronext's European market. The new ETF series provides investors with direct access to the performance of the European fixed income bonds with specific maturities and follows the successful listing of the JPMorgan ETF GBI EMU Fund in October 2007.

Luxembourg, 28 April 2008. Internaxx, Fortis and TD Waterhouse's international online broker, is to host an ETF event with the world's largest provider of ETFs, iShares and NYSE Euronext. It will take place on 29 April 2008 in the large Fortis auditorium in Luxembourg's city centre, providing an opportunity to present the complete picture about the ETF market, the advantages of iShares' products and the methods to invest on the Internaxx platform.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE) is proud to announce the introduction of Tdex+, a new trading system based on LIFFE CONNECT and AEMS technology and services, for its options trading market.

NYSE-listed Anheuser-Busch today listed and opened for trading on NYSE Euronext’s Paris market under the ticker symbol “BUD”. The stock continues to be listed and traded on the NYSE, where it already trades under the ticker symbol “BUD”.

Matt Lauer visits the beautiful city of Amsterdam. If you watched yesterday Where In The World Is Matt Lauer, from Buenos Aires he gave a tip that "The people in our second destination are accustomed to being looked down on..." Surely, it's the Netherlands, the low country.

Euronext Amsterdam N.V. has taken notice of the fact that the Guernsey Financial Services Commission no longer considers Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited to be an authorized investment fund. Therefore, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets has decided to delete Carlyle from its register.

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the listing of Immobilière Frey on Euronext Paris yesterday.