About NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc 

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. is a provider of securities listing, trading, and information products and services. Its revenue sources include revenues from transaction services, market data products and services, listing fees and financial products. The Company operates The Nasdaq Stock Market, an electronic equity securities market in the United States. As of December 31, 2005, The Nasdaq Stock Market was home to approximately 3,200 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of over $3.8 trillion. The Company also operates The Nasdaq Market Center, which provides the Company's market participants with the ability to access, process, display and integrate orders and quotes in The Nasdaq Stock Market and other national stock exchanges. Transactions involving 363.3 billion equity securities were executed on or reported to the Company's systems during the year ended December 31, 2005. Nasdaq manages, operates and provides its products and services in two business segments: Issuer Services and Market Services. The Company's Issuer Services segment includes its securities listings business and its financial products business. Nasdaq's Market Services segment includes its transaction-based business and its market information services business