(Reporter7.com 2007-05-07) ( EMAILWIRE.COM, May 07, 2007 ) New York, NY -- Cronus Capital Markets and the International Securities Exchange jointly developed the index, which has options currently trading on the ISE (ISE:POW). The ISE-CCM Alternative Energy Index includes top Alternative Energy companies such as FPL Group (NYSE: FPL), Edison International (NYSE: EIX), Energy Conversion Devices (NASDAQ: ENER), and IdaCorp Inc. (NYSE: IDA).

Cronus Capital Markets CEO Michael Soni remarked that 'the ISE-CCM Alternative Energy Index tracks the growth of this new and important sector. Michael Soni, CCM's President and CEO, stated that the ISE-CCM Alternative Energy Index is a necessary development for the still nascent sector. 'Investors will have a direct avenue in which to track and participate in the growth of this new and important sector.- Mr. Soni said.

ISE, the world's largest equity options exchange, was founded on the principle that technology fosters and infuses new efficiencies and operational innovations into securities trading. After developing an innovative market structure that integrated auction market principles into an advanced screen-based trading system, ISE launched the first fully electronic US options exchange in May 2000. ISE continually enhances its trading systems to provide investors with the best marketplace to execute their options orders. (www.iseoptions.com)

Cronus Capital Markets (CCM) is a leading business consulting firm specializing on capital market related issues and how they impact small and mid-sized public companies. CCM work's with public companies in the United States and Canada interested to optimize their 'public company- status by offering solutions that unlock hidden value and lead to accelerated business growth. The primary mission of Cronus Capital Markets is to assist small and mid-sized public companies, in a wide variety of industries and emerging growth sectors, overcome market inefficiencies that are commonplace among public companies under $500 million in market capitalization, such as poor corporate awareness, stagnant market capitalization, low liquidity and poor access to funding.


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