Interactive computer software and computer hardware for providing financial services, namely, assisting others with the completion of financial transactions involving commodities, futures, stocks. securities, shares, options. derivative products, equities and other financial instruments, on-line from a global computer network, the Internet and a global communications network using computer terminals and mobile communication devices embodying software applications namely instant messaging, graphical user interfaces, and proprietary application software; interactive computer software and hardware for operating and hosting an instant messaging platform in the field of finance; interactive computer software and computer hardware for generating, transmitting, and receiving real-time and/or historic instant messages in the field of finance; interactive computer software and computer hardware for disseminating real time and historic financial news, financial news, financial data concerning financial exchanges, financial indices, financial transactions and financial markets, financial messages and financial information messages, and financial information via the Internet or a global communications network using instant messaging. live news and data feeds. and social media networks; none of the foregoing relating to software applications and software platforms for an automated contact center to manage database information and electronic communications by phone and computer.

Financial transaction negotiation services, namely, assisting others negotiate terms of financial transactions involving commodities, futures, stocks, securities. shares, options. derivative products, equities and other financial instruments; disseminating real time and historic financial news, financial messages, financial data concerning financial exchanges, financial indices, financial transactions and financial markets, and financial information via the Internet or a global communications network using instant messaging, live news and data feeds, and social media networks; and providing web-based financial information and financial messaging services via a computer terminal or a mobile communication device; none of the foregoing relating to software as a service (SAAS) for an automated contact center to manage database information and electronic communications by phone and computer.; Providing e-mail, voice messaging, text messaging, web messaging, search, and instant messaging; providing search services in the nature of access to online databases to enable authorized users to search their electronic mail, messages, and data stored on a computer or a mobile communications device; operating an interactive website featuring chat and messaging; peer-to-peer data sharing services, namely, electronic transmission of data among internet users; providing access to computer, electronic and online databases; providing online forums for communication on topics of general interest; providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users and social networking; broadcast communication services, namely, transmitting e-mails, text messages and telephone voice messages to designated recipients for others; digital and electronic transmission of voice, data, sound, music, graphics, images, audio, video, information, and messages; and providing online communications links which transfer web site users to other local and global web pages; Telecommunications, namely, transmission of voice, data and documents relating to regulated benchmark pricing for financial futures, transmission of statistics, financial standards, guidelines, specifications and metrics, and of indices concerning regulated benchmark pricing for financial futures.

Providing internet search engines; computer services, namely, creating on-line virtual communities for registered users to organize groups and events, participate in discussions, and engage in social, business and community networking; computer services, namely, hosting on-line web facilities for others for organizing and conducting meetings, events and interactive discussions via communication networks; application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing of audio and video content, photographic images, text, graphics and data; providing online network services that enable users to transfer data to and share data with and among multiple websites in the field of financial services and financial instruments; hosting a web site featuring technology that enables online users to create personal profiles featuring social networking information and to transfer and share such information; computer services, namely, creating computer network-based indexes of information, sites and other resources; and hosting a web site featuring technology that enables users to upload and share video, photos, text, graphics and data; Providing an on-line network environment and hosting a website that features technology that enables users to access and share data and information, namely, financial statistics, financial standards, guidelines, specifications, metrics and index figures relating to regulated benchmark pricing for financial futures; providing an on-line network environment and hosting a website that features technology for the calculation, publication and transmission of statistics, standards, guidelines, metrics, and index figures relating to regulated benchmark pricing for financial futures, and for updating financial information in the nature of financial standards, guidelines, specifications, metrics and index figures relating to regulated benchmark pricing for measuring and valuing the financial performance of financial futures.