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FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 23, 2008–Staples, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SPLS) and its wholly owned subsidiary Staples Acquisition
B.V. (”Staples Acquisition”) announced today the settlement of the
post acceptance period (na-aanmeldingstermijn) of the offer (”Offer”)
for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares (”Ordinary
Shares”), American depositary shares (”ADSs”) and depositary receipts
for preference A shares (”Preference A Shares”) that were validly
tendered in the […]

PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 23, 2008–The Medicines
Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) today announced its financial results for the
second quarter and first half of 2008.

Financial highlights for the second quarter of 2008:

— Net revenue increased by 54% to $86.7 million for the second
[…]

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 22, 2008–Merck &
Co., Inc.’s new combination product for type 2 diabetes, has been
granted a marketing authorisation from the European Commission (EC).
‘Janumet’ (sitagliptin/metformin) helps patients lower blood sugar
levels to help reach their treatment goal through the efficacy of
sitagliptin, a DPP-4 inhibitor, and metformin, a mainstay of diabetes
therapy. Janumet […]

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 22, 2008–Chi-X(R) Europe Limited,
operator of the first live, pan-European, equity multilateral trading
facility (MTF), today announced that on Thursday 17 July 2008, Merrill
Lynch’s smart order router executed in excess of one hundred million
shares on Chi-X Europe.

“Since launching sixteen months ago, we have been pleased to see […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 17, 2008–Staples, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SPLS) and its wholly owned subsidiary Staples Acquisition
B.V. (”Staples Acquisition”) announced today that the following
securities have been tendered during the post acceptance period
(na-aanmeldingstermijn) (”Post Acceptance Period”) of the offer to
acquire the outstanding securities of Corporate Express N.V.
(”Corporate Express”) (”Offer”): (i) 7,437,636 ordinary shares with a
nominal value of EUR 1.20 […]

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 9, 2008–Chi-X(R) Europe Limited,
operator of the first live, pan-European equity multilateral trading
facility (MTF), today announced that it is successfully trading,
clearing and settling five of the top component stocks of the Belgium
BEL 20 index, and plans to introduce the remainder of the index’s
components later in the month. The first stocks available for trading
on Chi-X […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 9, 2008–Staples, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SPLS) and its wholly owned subsidiary Staples Acquisition
B.V. (”Staples Acquisition”) and Corporate Express N.V. (”Corporate
Express”) jointly announce that Staples Acquisition has settled its
offer (”Offer”) for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares
(”Ordinary Shares”), American depositary shares (”ADSs”) and
depositary receipts for preference A shares (”Preference A Shares”)
that were validly tendered […]

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 7, 2008–Kraton Polymers continues
to experience unprecedented raw material and energy related cost
increases. New record prices are being set for our primary raw
materials, and we are obliged to implement further price increases.
As a consequence, we are announcing a general price increase,
effective no later than 1st August, 2008, or as contracts allow, of
150 Euro/MT in […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 2, 2008–Staples, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SPLS) and its wholly owned subsidiary Staples Acquisition
B.V. and Corporate Express N.V. jointly announce that Staples
Acquisition B.V. declares unconditional (doet gestand) the recommended
offer made by Staples Acquisition B.V. for certain securities issued
by Corporate Express N.V. (the “Offer”), as described in the Offer
Memorandum of May 19, 2008 (the “Offer Memorandum”), […]

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 2, 2008–Chi-X(R) Europe Limited,
the first live, pan-European equity Multilateral Trading Facility
(MTF), today published its trading statistics for the second quarter
of 2008.

Chi-X Europe offers trading, clearing and settlement services for
component stocks of the AEX 25 (Dutch), CAC 40 (French), DAX 30
(German), FTSE 100 and 250 (British), […]