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NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., formerly The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., is a holding company operating The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC as its wholly owned subsidiary. It commenced operations as a registered national securities exchange for Nasdaq-listed securities. , through its subsidiaries provides securities listing, trading, and information products and services. The Company’s segments include Market Services segment and Issuer Services segment. The Market Services segment includes the transaction-based business and market information services business. The Issuer Services segment includes securities listings business, insurance business, shareholder, directors and newswire services and financial products business. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Nasdaq through its wholly owned subsidiary Nightingale Acquisition Limited acquired an investment in the London Stock Exchange Group plc. On September 26, 2007, the Company sold its remaining holdings in LSE’s share capital to Borse Dubai.(Source: 10-K)