China Finance Corporation (CFC), a Xinhua-owned company, signed an agreement with Deutsche Börse AG, starting cooperation in the field of financial information services. According to the agreement, the two sides will cooperate in releasing global financial news, analyzing market data, and providing information technology service. Xinhua's self-developed financial information service platform 'Xinhua 08,' which is running by the CFC, will distribute data of Deutsche Borse. Xinhua 08 will set up an office in Germany to collect financial information as soon as possible and will also launch a German edition soon.

The Treasury Ministry of Poland announced the list of companies which have submitted proposals to buy stake in the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), on November 9, 2009. Though there are not many investors interested in buying shares in WSE, however, the ministry has said that privatization will continue. Deutsche Börse AG is interested in buying majority stakes in WSE and the minority stakes have been reserved for BES Investimento S.A. and Bank Pekao SA. Deutsche Börse’s offer will be assessed till the end of the week. Ministry Spokesman, Maciej Wewior said that if the DB offer does not meet the Treasury requirements, there will be no negotiations with any of the potential investors. However, Former WSE President, Wieslaw Rozlucki feels that it is difficult to negotiate with just one bidder.

Deutsche Börse AG reported earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 2009. For the third quarter, the company reported the net profit was down to EUR 158.3 million or $233.8 million in the July-September period from EUR 257.3 million a year earlier. The company reported that its earnings before interest, taxes and amortization were down 37% on the year in the third quarter, declining to EUR 243.7 million or $362.3 million from EUR 385.0 million. For the first nine months of the year, the company reported net profit was EUR 529.1 million or $786.6 million down 35% from last year's EUR 810.9 million. Revenue fell 16%, sliding to EUR1.56 million or $2.32 billion from EUR 1.85 million.