Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) 524% HIGHER; announced that it has sold 16 million shares of its position in portfolio company Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT) through a Clarient shelf registration on Form S-3 that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2009.

NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYFX) 90.7% HIGHER; NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, through NYSE Technologies, Inc., its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, NYFIX, in an all-cash deal for $1.675 per share of common stock. The total value of the deal is approximately $144 million, including