Small investors won't need a broker to buy Nasdaq 100 ETF (The Daily Item)

ETF Inaugurates Servicom Unit (This Day)
Education Trust Fund (ETF) has inaugurated its SERVICOM unit to be headed by Mallam Umar Bukar, who was vested with the responsibilities to improve service delivery capacity of ETF and serve as a link between both offices.

ETF start-up's shares jump on key new hire (CBS Market Watch)
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of pink-sheet-listed Index Development Partners Inc. vaulted as much as 8% Wednesday after the company said it had hired the former senior counsel at exchange-traded-fund powerhouse Barclays Global Investors.

The Street's Triple Slam (BusinessWeek)
High oil prices and rising rates had already crimped stock prices in August -- then came Katrina

Stocks Rise (BusinessWeek)
Bulls took charge, led by energy and some chip stocks

Small investors won't need a broker to buy Nasdaq 100 ETF (The Daily Item)
DALLAS — Small investors soon will be able to buy the Nasdaq 100 exchange-traded fund, commonly known as Cubes, directly from the Nasdaq Stock Market for a nominal fee, without a broker.