The FINANCIAL -- NYSE Euronext on July 27 announced that with Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) today becoming the newest component of the S&P 500, the 411 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed companies represent over 82% of the S&P 500 and approximately $7 trillion in global market capitalization, more than four times that of Nasdaq OMX, which has 89 listed companies in the S&P 500 with a combined market capitalization of approximately $1.7 trillion. 

The FINANCIAL -- Japan's key Nikkei stock index rose past the 10,000 line July 27 morning for the first time in almost a month, hitting a six-week intraday high, on raised hopes about the U.S. economic outlook following upbeat quarterly earnings and a solid Wall Street rally last week.

The FINANCIAL -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) on July 24 announced that Ms. Yeeli Hua Zheng has joined NASDAQ OMX as the Chief Representative in China with the primary responsibility of serving NASDAQ's listed Chinese companies and assisting other Chinese companies with a NASDAQ listing.