Interactive Data's Financial Market Information and Tools Now Available in the Financial Services Category on Salesforce.com's AppExchange

"With the speed at which the markets move, it is imperative that financial professionals have access to a broad range of high quality financial information and tools right at their fingertips," said Luan Cox, general manager of Interactive Data Managed Solutions (Americas). "By utilizing our innovative technology, we have been able to work with salesforce.com to design offerings that can meet the unique needs of their customers and help these customers to improve their workflow efficiency."

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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 time-sensitive pricing, evaluations, dividend, corporate action and reference data 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. 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 2,200 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, owns approximately 62 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation.