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Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that it has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the debut of an employee-based survey initiative sponsored by The Boston Globe. Produced by the same team that compiles the 21-year-old Globe 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Massachusetts, the Top Places to Work recognizes the most dynamic companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation and training, diversity/inclusion, career development, family-friendly flexibility, and values and ethics. Private companies and nonprofits as well as publicly-held businesses were included in the analysis. The rankings in the Globe 100�s Top Places to Work are based on survey information collected by Workplace Dynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention, from more than 120,000 employees at about 600 Massachusetts organizations. This marks the first time that a Globe 100 report honors private as well as publicly-held organizations selected from across a wide range of industries. "Interactive Data promotes a positive workplace environment, and we are honored to be recognized by The Boston Globe as one of the top employers in Massachusetts,� said Peg Murphy, vice president of human resources for Interactive Data. �Being named to this prestigious ranking underscores our commitment to a variety of key factors including embracing diversity, providing competitive pay and benefits, and offering interesting, challenging work � which all contribute to employee satisfaction.� �All the companies included in the Globe 100�s Top Places to Work deserve a great deal of recognition,� said Steve Ainsley, publisher of The Boston Globe. �It�s clear that they value their employees and make it a priority to create a positive workplace.� To qualify for the list, a company must have more than 100 employees in Massachusetts. Rankings were derived from composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses. The Globe 100�s Top Places to Work magazine was published in the Sunday Globe on November 9 and the entire report can be found online at www.boston.com/topworkplaces About Interactive Data Corporation Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company�s businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of 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. Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, and eSignal, the Company has approximately 2,300 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation�s majority stockholder. Interactive Data Corporation is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2008. For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com. Interactive Data,SM and the Interactive Data logo are service marks of Interactive Data Corporation.