(Source: Middle East Company News)

Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial
market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that
its Real-Time Services business has signed an agreement with XData,
a market data solutions provider for the Middle East and Africa
(MEA) region, to supply financial market data from exchanges in the
Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC).
About Interactive Data Corporation:Interactive Data Corporation
is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and
related solutions 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. Interactive Data, headquartered in Bedford,
Mass., has approximately 2,400 employees in offices located
throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc,
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's Real-Time Services business is a leading provider of real-
time global market data to financial institutions, redistributors
and online financial portals worldwide. Offerings from Interactive
Data include PlusFeed, a consolidated, low-latency digital datafeed.
Also managed as part of this group is Interactive Data's Managed
Solutions business, a leading provider and operator of customised
financial market information systems. Interactive DataSM and the
Interactive Data logo are service marks of Interactive Data
Corporation. PlusFeed is a service mark of Interactive Data Real-
Time Services. Other products, services, or company names mentioned
herein are the property of, and may be the service mark or trademark
of, their respective owners.About XData:XData is a market data
solutions provider that provides a wide range of financial
information services for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.
XData is a Canadian - Arabian company that is strategically located
at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), targeting the
financial services industry by offering its services to data
vendors, financial institutions, software vendors and media outlets.
XData's offerings range from market data solutions that include low-
latency market datafeeds, to professional services and proximity
hosting.Contact:Derya DenizAssistant Marketing Manager XDataAmanah
XData LLCLevel 6, Gate Precinct Building 3 DIFC | Dubai
International Financial Centre PO Box 506699, Dubai United Arab
EmiratesTel +971 4 3800 800 Fax +971 4 3800 801
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