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17 Nov 08  
HedgeStreet to list FTSE 100® Binary Options based on FTSE 100 Equity Index Futures
CHICAGO, IL - HedgeStreet, Inc., the nation's first government-regulated online futures trading market for binary options, today announced that it will be offering its second binary option based on an Equity Index Future.

03 Nov 08  
HedgeStreet to list Germany 30 Binary Options based on DAX® Equity Index Futures
CHICAGO, IL - HedgeStreet, Inc., the nation's first government-regulated online futures trading market for binary options, today announced that it will be offering its first binary option based on an Equity Index Future.

08 Aug 08  
HedgeStreet to list binary options for USD/CAD currency pair
Chicago, IL - HedgeStreet, Inc., the nation's first government-regulated, online futures trading market for binary and futures contracts, today announced that it has expanded its currency offering, allowing members the opportunity to trade binary options on the USD/CAD currency pair beginning August 11, 2008

24 Jun 08  
HedgeStreet to list binary options with intraday durations
HedgeStreet will offer intraday binary options on the HedgeStreet Exchange for seven forex and commodity markets beginning July 24, 2008.

18 Jun 08  
HedgeStreet Exchange to Add Evening Trading Session Starting on June 23rd, 2008
HedgeStreet, Inc ("HedgeStreet") will extend trading hours on the HedgeStreet Exchange with the addition of an evening trading session starting on June 23rd, 2008.

15 Feb 08  
HedgeStreet, Inc. to List Weekly Binary Options for Trading Starting on February 25th, 2008
HedgeStreet, Inc ("Hedgestreet") will list weekly binary options for trading on the HedgeStreet Exchange starting on February 25th, 2008. Weekly binary options will be made available for seven markets: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/YEN, USD/CHF, Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil.

11 Jan 08  
HedgeStreet, Inc. to Resume Binary Options Trading on February 11th, 2008
HedgeStreet, Inc ("Hedgestreet"). will resume binary options trading on the HedgeStreet Exchange starting on February 11th, 2008. Trading will resume in seven markets: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/YEN, USD/CHF, Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil.

19 Nov 07  
IG Group to Acquire HedgeStreet, Inc.
IG Group Holdings plc ("IG" or "the Group"), a U.K.-based financial services firm, agreed on November 16, 2007 to purchase HedgeStreet, Inc. ("HedgeStreet") for US$6.0 million. IG will provide cash and equity as consideration for the acquisition, which is expected to be completed within 21 days.

25 Jun 07  
Hedgestreet Launches Unique Contracts Based on Revenues and EPS of Large Corporations
The HedgeStreet Exchange announced today the launch of its unique new "Corporate Actions" contracts that enable investors to trade on the anticipated revenues and earnings per share (EPS) of large publicly owned corporations, starting with Wal-Mart, Inc. (WMT) and ExxonMobil (XOM). These contracts began trading on Friday, June 22 and will settle on the date of each company's quarterly announcement of financial results.

17 May 07  
Hedgestreet to List Seven New Contracts Based on Potential Mergers & Acquisitions
The HedgeStreet Exchange announced today it will list seven new contracts enabling traders to take positions on whether certain high-profile corporate mergers or acquisitions will occur in the near future.

22 Mar 07  
Susquehanna and DRW to Make Markets on HedgeStreet®
HedgeStreet®, the first all-electronic Event Derivatives Exchange, announced today that Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and DRW Trading Group (DRW) have launched market-making services on the HedgeStreet Exchange.

20 Sep 06  
HedgeStreet's Hurricane Market Forecasting Seasonal Storm Damage Will Exceed $1 Billion
HedgeStreet, the first regulated U.S. market to offer trading on the estimated economic impact of hurricanes and tropical storms, announced today that its seasonal Hurricane market is currently forecasting a 55% chance that damage from all Atlantic tropical storms will exceed $1 billion in the United States.

24 Aug 06  
Hurricane Contracts Now Trading On HedgeStreet
HedgeStreet, the nation's first government-regulated online retail market for trading binary and futures contracts, today announced the launch of Hurricane contracts, offering traders the ability to hedge or speculate on the economic impact of hurricane and tropical storm damage.

03 Aug 06  
Hedgestreet Launches Heating Oil, Wholesale Gas
HedgeStreet.com, the nation's first government-regulated online futures trading market for binary and futures contracts, today announced that it has expanded its existing energy offering to include heating oil and wholesale gasoline, and launched new intra-day durations for gold and EUR/USD currencies.

18 Jul 06  
HedgeStreet, CBOE Launch Co-Branded Website; Online Polling Commences on Yahoo! Messenger with Voice
HedgeStreet, the nation's first government-regulated online futures trading market for binary and futures contracts (www.hedgestreet.com), today announced the launch of its new co-branded website "CBOE presents HedgeStreet", and a plug-in for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice instant messaging (IM) users which will enable users to participate in politically and economically-oriented online polling.

11 Jul 06  
Hedgestreet Launches $100 Contracts On Most Active Markets
In response to growing customer demand for access to larger contracts, HedgeStreet.com, the nation's first government-regulated online futures trading market for binary and futures contracts, today announced a range of $100 contracts on its most active markets including crude oil, gas-at-the-pump, metals and currencies.

11 May 06  
HedgeStreet And WhisperNumber Announce Launch Of Co-Branded Website
HedgeStreet.com, the first government-regulated online exchange for binary options and capped futures, and WhisperNumber.com, an independent financial research firm that collects sentiment and market expectations from the investing public, today announced the launch of a co-branded website - "WhisperNumber, presented by HedgeStreet".

03 May 06  
HedgeStreet Launches Copper Contracts
HedgeStreet.com, the nation's first government-regulated online market for binary options and capped futures, today announced the launch of Binary Copper contracts, as well as the introduction of an enhanced trading "Dashboard" that features real-time streaming data across all of its markets, including oil, gold and silver.

27 Mar 06  
HedgeStreet Secures Funding From Norwest Venture Partners
HedgeStreet® Inc., the nation's first government-regulated online exchange for binary options and futures, today announced that it has secured $12.5 million from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The funds will be used to bring new innovative products to market, increase liquidity, and accelerate customer acquisition by promoting the exchange to retail and institutional investors as well as hedge funds. This is HedgeStreet's third round of financing, bringing the company's total amount of capital raised to date to $24.9 million.

22 Feb 06  
CBOE Announces Strategic Alliance With Hedgestreet Inc.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, and HedgeStreet Inc., the newly designated U.S. exchange for binary options and futures, announced today that they have entered into a strategic alliance for the joint development of new products, sharing of technology services, and marketing and support of HedgeStreet's innovative binary options and futures products, known as Hedgelets.

19 Jan 06  
HedgeStreet Rolls Out Revised, More User-Friendly Hedgelets ® Contracts
In response to feedback from the growing number of individuals using HedgeStreet to trade economic events and price movements - such as interest rates, gold, oil, real estate and gas at the pump - the online financial market has unveiled simplified financial Hedgelets contracts and an enhanced Internet trading platform.

10 Jan 06  
HedgeStreet Reports Impressive Inaugural Year With Nearly 1 Million Contracts Traded And Settled
HedgeStreet.com, the nation's first person-to-person, government-designated online marketplace, announced today that exchange-wide volume* for its first year of trading totaled 954,494 contracts called Hedgelets.

06 Jan 06  
HedgeStreet Appoints New CEO
HedgeStreet.com, the nation's first person-to-person, government-designated online marketplace, today announced the appointment of Stephen M. Race as Chief Executive Officer. John Nafeh, HedgeStreet's founder, will remain Chairman of the Board, focusing on business partnerships and strategic issues.

06 Oct 05  
HedgeStreet Appoints AOL Veteran as VP Marketing, Adds Principal Strategy Consultant
HedgeStreet Inc. announced today that Bill McIntosh has joined the exchange as VP of Marketing and that Dr. Robert Dubil will act as Principal Strategy Consultant for the company's financial instruments group.

17 Aug 05  
HedgeStreet's Energy Contracts Attract Growing Numbers Of Traders
As record oil and gas prices take an increasing toll on Americans' pocketbooks, a growing number of individual traders are making use of a new market for hedging and speculating on everyday energy costs at HedgeStreet.com.

28 Jul 05  
HedgeStreet's Launches Agricultural Contracts
HedgeStreet Inc. today announced that its members can now trade Hedgelets to take positions on the widely-watched USDA corn and soybean production forecasts.

26 May 05  
HedgeStreet's New Housing Price Contracts Designed To Mitigate Real-Estate Risk, Depreciation
HedgeStreet Inc. today announced that its market participants may now hedge or speculate on the direction of home values in major U.S. real estate markets, as well as the domestic supply of crude oil and natural gas.

19 May 05  
HedgeStreet Unveils Incentives For Market Participants
HedgeStreet Inc., the first U.S. government-designated online financial market that lets traders buy and sell innovative financial instruments based on economic events, today rolled-out a package of incentives designed to further enhance liquidity and make trading on the exchange even more accessible and cost efficient.

12 Apr 05  
HedgeStreet Introduces "Variable Hedgelets"
HedgeStreet Inc., the nation's first financial market that lets online investors trade innovative financial instruments based on future economic events, announced today the addition of a new category of financial instruments -- Variable Hedgelets.

07 Apr 05  
HedgeStreet Enhances Online Trading
HedgeStreet Inc., the nation's first financial market that lets online investors trade innovative financial instruments based on economic events, a series of enhancements that provide an even richer trading experience for its members.

17 Mar 05  
HedgeStreet Teams Up With The Clearing Corporation
HedgeStreet Inc., the nation's first online market that lets investors trade innovative financial instruments based on economic events, and The Clearing Corporation ("CCorp") announced today they have entered into a clearing services agreement designed to enable institutions to trade HedgeStreet products in the same way they trade other exchange-traded derivatives.

18 Jan 05  
HedgeStreet Adds Contracts For Trading Silver
HedgeStreet Inc., the nation's first financial market that lets online investors trade innovative financial instruments based on economic outcomes, announced today the addition of daily contracts for silver - or Silver Hedgelets - for hedging or speculating on the degree to which the price of silver (measured in cents per troy ounce) will rise or fall.

13 Dec 04  
HedgeStreet Adds Crude Oil Contracts
HedgeStreet Inc., the nation's first financial market that lets online investors trade innovative financial instruments based on economic risks in their daily lives, announced today the addition of daily and year-end crude oil contracts or Hedgelets for hedging or speculating on the degree to which crude oil prices (per barrel) may rise or fall.

08 Dec 04  
HedgeStreet Expands Instruments Offering with Year-End and Daily Hedgelet Contracts
HedgeStreet Inc., the nation's first financial market that lets online investors trade innovative financial instruments based on economic risks in their daily lives, announced today the availability of new Hedgelets that let retail and institutional investors hedge or speculate on year-end 2004 and daily levels of key economic variables.

20 Oct 04  
HedgeStreet Brings Derivative Trading To Main Street
The nation's first retail derivative exchange lets online investors hedge or speculate on the price of gas and other economic outcomes.

26 Apr 04  
HedgeStreet Announces Advisory Board
HedgeStreet Inc., a CFTC designated contract market and registered derivatives clearing organization, today announced its Board of Advisors.

25 Mar 04  
HedgeStreet Announces Management Team
HedgeStreet Inc., which was designated as a contract market and registered as a derivatives clearing organization by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in February, today announced its senior management team.

02 Feb 04  
HedgeStreet, Inc. Receives CFTC Market Designation
HedgeStreet, Inc. announced today that it has been designated as a contract market and registered as a derivatives clearing organization by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).