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comScore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today released its final report on European online holiday shopping activity in the U.K., France and Germany. According to the analysis, of the three countries studied, Germans spent the most online during the holiday period - an estimated 5.4 billion EUR from 30 October - 31 December, 2006. U.K. consumers spent an estimated 4.0 billion EUR online during the same period, and the French spent an estimated 1.9 billion EUR. This compares to an estimated 18.8 billion EUR ($24.6 billion) spent in the U.S. during the holiday shopping period (1 November to 31 December).

Euronext.liffe today announced that it will launch Raw Sugar futures and options contracts in February 2007. The Raw Sugar futures contract will be physically delivered and trade alongside the existing White Sugar contracts. The decision to launch the new contracts follows an in-depth consultation with sugar market participants worldwide.

The Asian region has continued to experience a generally stronger run of economic growth through 2005 and into 2006. The region, however, continues to share the concerns of the rest of the world about rising oil prices and the likely impact on the global economy. There is also a degree of anxiety about a slowdown in China.

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center and INET trading platforms for the month of December.

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced its new listing statistics for the 4th quarter of 2006 and for full year 2006. NASDAQ plans to report these statistics on a quarterly basis in 2007.

Is IT spending slowing down? Not soon. According to newly updated figures on worldwide IT spending from IDC, end users spent $1.16 trillion on information technology in 2006 and will increase spending at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.3% to reach $1.48 trillion in 2010.

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced that trading in its Agricultural complex set a new volume record yesterday, as volume reached 1,057,623 Agricultural futures and options contracts. The previous record, 1,047,096 contracts, was set on November 8, 2006.

Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Report shows former British colonies in Asia are world's freest. Europe remains home to most economically free countries. Limited progress charted on all continents.

Generally speaking, Europeans enjoy a higher-than-average level of economic freedom. However, restrictive labor policies are slowing the region's growth, according to the 2007 "Index of Economic Freedom" published annually by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.

LG.Philips LCD, one of the world’s leading TFT-LCD manufacturers, today reported unaudited earnings results based on consolidated Korean GAAP for the three-month period ended December 31, 2006. Amounts in Korean Won (KRW) are translated into US dollars (USD) at the noon buying rate in effect on December 29, 2006, which was KRW 930.00 per US dollar.