The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,349,081,229 shares as of the May 30, 2008 settlement date, an increase of 40,873,497 from the 1,308,207,732 (adjusted) shares reported on May 15, 2008. The figure represents trades through May 27, 2008.

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of May 30, 2008.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the introduction of the NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Index(sm) (Nasdaq:QMEA), a new global benchmark for NASDAQ OMX. The NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Index is a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index comprised of the largest and most liquid companies domiciled in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries.

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for May 27-30.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) has launched a new service that places free real-time market data in the hands of millions of individual investors. With "NASDAQ Last Sale," NASDAQ becomes the first U.S. stock exchange to facilitate universal, free access to real-time stock quotes -- or the last quoted price -- together with CNBC, Google, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and Xignite.

The Brazilian Institute of Business Law, IBRADEMP, will launch a new book, "International Business Transactions with Brazil", on the legal-, commercial- and business aspects of international financial transactions with Brazil at the NYSE on June 11 at 6 p.m.

Glimmerglass Opera has announced that soprano Lyubov Petrova will make her company and role debut as Cleopatra in the company’s new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, which will run July 6 through August 23 at the Alice Busch Opera Theater in Cooperstown, New York.

“The Met: Live in HD” kicks off in North America on September 22 with the Met’s Opening Night Gala performance; Series continues worldwide on October 11; Special encore performances of La Boheme in Canada, the U.S., and Europe close the current 2007-08 series on May 3, 14 and 19

As the Brooklyn Bridge turns 125 years old, the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is bringing the next exciting thing out of the borough and into Manhattan. On Wednesday, June 11 join singer/songwriters Chana Rothman, Clare Burson, and Michelle Citrin as they take the stage in the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall for The Best of Brooklyn.

Two of opera’s biggest stars, soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna, will perform together in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on June 20 at 8pm, together with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, in what is anticipated will be one of the Metropolitan Opera’s largest outdoor concerts in company history.

This spring New York City Ballet will present the first annual Dancers’ Choice program, a special evening that each year will be conceived and supervised by one of NYCB’s dancers. NYCB Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins has created the evening as an annual benefit for the Company’s Dancers’ Emergency Fund.

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for May 19-23.