Business Wire - NYSE Euronext (NYX) today reported net income of $174 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, or $0.66 per diluted share (including $0.65 from continuing operations and $0.01 from the discontinued operations of GL Trade) as compared to net income of $258 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Included in the results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 was a $32 million gain on the sale of the member firm regulatory functions of NYSE Regulation to FINRA, and a $55 million deferred tax benefit related to an enacted reduction of the UK corporate tax rate from 30% to 28%.
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