morning call... 05 25 2007

GS raised money for the new system. The sytem monitor private euity placement to ensure they comply with 144a market rules. The sale illustrates a growing willingness of investors tosacrifice the regulatory oversight and liquidity provided bypublic markets in their search for higher returns, said JamesCox, a professor of corporate and securities law at DukeUniversity in Durham, North Carolina. May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., trailingNYSE Euronext in the race to expand into Europe, may say as earlyas today that it's buying Sweden's OMX AB for more than $3billion, two people familiar with the talks said. -NASDAQ abandoned the attempt to buy LSE -both Nasd and OMX are eltronic and technogy driven Nasdaq shares rose 79 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $33.98 incomposite trading in New York yesterday. OMX rose 5.5 kronor to180 kronor, bringing its market value to about $3.2 billion.