World Heart Corporation announced that, on June 25, 2008, WorldHeart received a notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market stating that the Corporation does not comply with Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(7)(A).

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 NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Clean Edge, Inc. announced today the introduction of the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index (Nasdaq:QWND), a new benchmark for the global wind energy sector. The NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index is a modified market-capitalization index and includes companies that are primarily manufacturers, developers, distributors, installers, and users of energy derived from wind sources.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market has listed four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sponsored by Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (BGI) -- the global product leader in ETFs (iShares). NASDAQ is the most liquid U.S. market for ETFs, capturing 35.7% of all U.S. ETF volume in May. Average daily matched share volume was 320 million, more than any other U.S. exchange.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it has been selected as technology provider for the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), a new commodity exchange that will offer uniquely-structured contracts to the international and domestic trading community.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces the launch of its proximity services which provide high-speed connectivity in the NASDAQ OMX data centre in the city of London. Proximity services, often known as "co-location," enables participants to locate their trading engines on-site with the NASDAQ OMX pan-European market in order to enhance trading speed.

At the end of the settlement date of June 13, 2008, short interest in 2,635 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 10,268,077,980 shares, compared with 9,687,044,281 shares in 2,643 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of May 30, 2008.

Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRIF) announced that it received a letter from Nasdaq confirming that due to the recent death of Alan Plotkin, one of Griffin's independent directors and a member of Griffin's Audit Committee, Griffin no longer complies with Nasdaq's independent director and audit committee composition requirements as set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the launch of NASDAQ Market Replay 2.0, an extremely powerful tool that provides a NASDAQ-validated replay and analysis of securities listed on all major U.S. equity markets. On July 1, users of Market Replay will be able to quickly view the price and size of all trades of U.S.-listed equity securities, in addition to the best bid and offer quotations that were previously provided.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of May 2008.

Otelco Inc. (AMEX: OTT; TSX: OTT.un), the sole wireline telephone services provider in the Alabama, Maine and Missouri rural communities it serves, today announced its intention to transfer the listing of its Income Deposit Securities (IDS) from the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) to the NASDAQ Global Market.

Northern Technologies International Corporation (Amex: NTI) announced today that it has been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. NTIC's board of directors approved the decision to switch the listing of NTIC's common stock from The American Stock Exchange to The NASDAQ Stock Global Market LLC (Nasdaq: NTIC).