NYSE Euronext announced today that Proventec, a UK company which provides specialist steam-cleaning technologies, listed and opened for trading today on its Alternext Paris market under the ticker symbol "ALPTC".

The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,317,736,480 shares as of the May 15, 2008 settlement date, an increase 37,264,754 of from the 1,280,471,726 (adjusted) shares reported on April 30, 2008. The figure represents trades through May 12, 2008.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) nnounced that it has launched trading in three new ETFs by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC: PowerShares Autonomic Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio (Amex: PTO), PowerShares Autonomic Balanced Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio (Amex: PAO) and PowerShares Autonomic Balanced NFA Global Asset Portfolio (Amex: PCA).

Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940 tells the story of photography's first 100 years through the work of 13 key figures who helped shape the aesthetic and expressive course of the medium: Gustave Le Gray, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Edouard Baldus, Charles Marville, Eugene Atget, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassai.

The Museum of Modern Art, in conjunction with the inaugural World Science Festival, presents a special program of screenings and a discussion focused on the Bourne trilogy of action thrillers.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds one of the world's finest collections of European decorative arts. Thirty-five of its masterpieces will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning May 20, 2008, in the exhibition Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum, while the V&A prepares a new suite of galleries for its collection.

Sculptures by Jeff Koons (b. 1955) – an American artist known internationally for his controversial and intriguing contributions to contemporary art – comprise The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2008 installation on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden.

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) has agreed to be the key sponsor of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA)'s Capital Connectionssm 2008 conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Installation showcases many of the most significant works in the Metropolitan Museum's modern design collection. The major design movements are represented through works created by some of the most renowned designers of the 20th century.

Wombat, a world leader in market data management solutions and most recent member of NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions, closed a significant technology contract that will see OneTick deployed across Equiduct Trading. Börse Berlin Equiduct will soon launch this new trading platform, enabling investment firms to quickly and cost-effectively meet MiFID's best execution requirements.

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

The American Stock Exchange announced that it launched trading in three new ETFs by Northern Trust Global Investments: NETS S&P/MIB Index Fund (Amex: ITL), NETS FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index Fund (Amex: JNB), and NETS FTSE Singapore Straits Times Index Fund (Amex: SGT).