IDC Interactive Data Corp.

Trading Information to Reach More Than 300,000 Users Worldwide PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Forex pricing data from COESfx, the online electronic currency network (http://www.coesfx.com/), has been added to the GTIS service offered by ComStock, part of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE:IDC). COESfx data will be offered alongside a prestigious list of global banks contributing to the GTIS service, which is distributed to more than 300,000 users worldwide. Comstock's GTIS service delivers real-time foreign exchange, money market and precious metals data and prices from the world's leading market-maker banks and foreign exchange trading centers (in the U.S., European and Asia-Pacific markets) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It also delivers contributed prices of more than 170 currencies covering major, secondary and exotic spot rates and European and Asian cross-rates and forwards, in addition to derived rates. "GTIS is a leader in providing real-time pricing to institutional and retail traders worldwide. We are growing our value-added services and with this offering, COESfx provides a tremendous asset for forex traders worldwide," said Ronald Balzano, CEO, COESfx. "We are very pleased to add COESfx tradable foreign exchange and gold prices to our GTIS service," said Mark Hepsworth, managing director of ComStock Europe, part of Interactive Data Corporation. "The COESfx trading platform provides a good choice of prices for both buyers and sellers, offering 20 currency pairs together with gold. "Over a 24-hour period, the COESfx network provides more than 870,000 updates enhancing the depth of our coverage and further assisting forex precious metals traders in their decision-making process." About GTIS GTIS is a leading supplier of foreign-exchange data, money markets and fixed-income data to the global financial community for more than 20 years. GTIS collects and consolidates data from the world's leading market-maker banks and brokerage firms in the major trading centers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Offering fixed income, foreign exchange, precious metals and money-market data, GTIS delivers real-time contributed data for more than 160 currencies and cross rates covering major, secondary, and exotic spot and forward rates, as well as European and Asian cross rates and calculated and historical prices. GTIS also offers data on U.S. Treasury securities, Canadian governments and provincials, JGBs as well as European government debt, deposit rates and other money market instruments. About Interactive Data Corporation Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE:IDC) is a leading global provider of securities pricing, financial information and analytic tools to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time-sensitive pricing (including evaluated pricing), dividend, corporate action and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Interactive Data Corporation is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. Through its branded businesses, FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS BondEdge and eSignal, Interactive Data Corporation has approximately 1,800 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE:PSO)(LSE:PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 60 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation. ComStock Europe, part of Interactive Data Corporation, is a leading provider of real-time global financial information to financial institutions, financial information redistributors and online media portals worldwide. ComStock's suite of services ranges from a real-time datafeed, to fully customized and hosted market data tools. ComStock Europe is a division of Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. (http://www.interactivedata.com/). About COESfx, Inc. COESfx, Inc., founded in May 2002, is the developer of the most advanced and unbiased Electronic Currency Network (ECN) for foreign exchange. Headquartered in Plainview, New York, the company operates a web-based platform (http://www.coesfx.com/) enabling the direct trading of foreign currency online. COESfx, COESfx Level 1 Trading Platform and Electronic Currency Network are trademarks of COESfx, Inc. All other names are the property of their respective owners. This release is available on the KCSA Public Relations Worldwide Web site at http://www.kcsa.com/. CONTACTS: Jennifer Handshew / Joseph Gallo KCSA Public Relations (212) 896-1272 / (212) 896-1269 / Sue Mitchell Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. +44 (0) 20 7825 8076 DATASOURCE: COESfx, Inc. CONTACT: Jennifer Handshew, +1-212-896-1272, , or Joseph Gallo, +1-212-896-1269, , both of KCSA Public Relations; or Sue Mitchell, of Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd., +44-20-7825-8076, Web site: http://www.coesfx.com/ http://www.interactivedata.com/

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