eSignal Now Offers TSX/CP Equities News

Business Wire, Jan 6, 2009

Adding Robust Canadian News Content to eSignal Gives Subscribers More Tools when Trading the Canadian Financial Markets

HAYWARD, Calif. -- eSignal, the desktop solutions division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), and TSX Datalinx([R]) are pleased to announce that eSignal now carries the TSX/CP Equities News[TM]. eSignal is a leading provider of real-time financial market data, news, analytics and decision-support tools for professional and individual traders. Users of eSignal's flagship offering, eSignal([R]), will benefit from this bilingual, real-time Canadian corporate news service which combines content from Canadian Press (CP) with proprietary historical, real-time, and fundamental data from TSX Datalinx.

TSX/CP Equities News offers comprehensive coverage on Canadian companies--from blue chip to small cap--and provides eSignal users access to data used to make informed decisions regarding Canadian stock market investments.

"TSX/CP Equities News allows advisors to offer in-depth information to clients regarding Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange's (TSX-V) 3,900-plus stocks," said Gregory Thomas, a respected, Vancouver-based investment advisor for Canaccord Capital. "In our view, there is no better source of breaking news on Canadian stocks than the TSX/CP Equities News."

Through TSX/CP Equities News, users will have access to more than 250 CP journalists who provide news 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including articles in both English and French. Additionally, the custom content delivered daily by six TSX Datalinx in-house journalists includes CEO interviews, reports on unusual market activity, new financings, daily TSX and TSX Venture Bulletins, ongoing daily headline alerts (in English and French), short positions, new high and lows, as well as TSX custom information, including pricing on market close and pricing imbalances.

eSignal clients will continue to enjoy services from TSX Datalinx already available on the eSignal platform, such as real-time exchange data and daily updated fundamental data. Fundamental data available on most issues includes information such as per-share values and key metrics like ROE, ROA, debt-to-equity, revenue and market capitalization. eSignal subscribers can also access continuously updated Volume-Weighted Average Price and can confirm the currency in which their equities are being quoted with new currency codes for Canadian equities.

Availability and Pricing:

TSX/CP Equities News is currently available. eSignal subscribers will receive a free, 60-day trial when adding the service, for a limited time only. For more information, please visit www.eSignal.com or call 510.723.1765.

About Interactive Data:

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.

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.

About eSignal:

eSignal (www.eSignal.com), Interactive Data Corporation's (NYSE: IDC) desktop solutions business, is a leading global provider of financial and business information to professional traders and active individual traders. Building on a legacy of 25 years of delivering time-sensitive financial information, eSignal provides streaming, real-time market data, news and analytics. eSignal's suite of products includes eSignal([R]), Advanced GET([R]), QuoTrek([R]), FutureSource([R]), MarketCenter LIVE(SM), QCharts([R]), LiveCharts([R]), Market-Q(SM) and the Web portals FutureSource.com, Quote.com([R]) and RagingBull.com.

About TMX Group (TSX-X):

TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide trading markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tsx.com.