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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil for June 2014 Contract

Date 01/07/2014

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for June 2014 contract is 69,370 yen.
S&P Dow Jones Indices: DJIA 2014 Q2 Report Card

Date 01/07/2014

Up for the Quarter, Up for the Year - The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 368.94 points in the 2nd Quarter (up 2.24% April to June) to finish the period at 16,826.60. That performance helped the DJIA to a mid-year return of 1.51% and overcame the negativity of January through March (when the Average was down .72%). Read on.
Philippine Stock Exchange Selects NASDAQ OMX's X-Stream Trading Technology - One Of The ASEAN Region's Fastest Growing Markets Looks To Increase Its Trading Capabilities And Offerings

Date 01/07/2014

The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) and NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ), have signed an agreement for NASDAQ OMX to deliver its industry-leading trading technology, X-stream Trading, to PSE. The new system will power PSE's trading platform, which currently trades equities and ETFs. X-stream Trading, which will replace the current platform, is expected to go live in mid-2015.
S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: U.S. Index Dashboard

Date 01/07/2014

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CBOE Plans to List Options On GoPro, Inc. (GPRO) - Expected Start Date Of Monday, July 7 - Contingent Upon GPRO Meeting New Option Listing Criteria

Date 01/07/2014

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) plans to list options on GoPro, Inc. (ticker symbol: GPRO) for trading beginning on Monday, July 7, 2014, contingent upon GPRO meeting new option listing criteria, and the OCC accepting CBOE's certification that the stock meets CBOE's listing criteria.

US Department Of Justice: BNP Paribas Agrees To Plead Guilty And To Pay $8.9 Billion For Illegally Processing Financial Transactions For Countries Subject To U.S. Economic Sanctions

Date 01/07/2014

According to court documents submitted today, BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of Sudanese, Iranian, and Cuban entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions. The agreement by the French bank to plead guilty is the first time a global bank has agreed to plead guilty to large-scale, systematic violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
Cuomo Administration Announces BNP Paribas To Pay $8.9 Billion, Including $2.24 Billion To NYDFS, Terminate Senior Executives, Restrict U.S. Dollar Clearing Operations For Violations Of Law - With Knowledge Of Multiple Senior Executives, BNPP Concealed More Than $190 Billion In Transactions For Clients Subject To U.S. Sanctions, Including Sudan, Iran, And Cuba - COO Signed Off On Continuing Illicit Transactions At Meeting Where He Asked Minutes Not To Be Taken - North American Head Of Ethics/Compliance Wrote: "The Dirty Little Secret Isn’t So Secret Anymore, Oui?"

Date 30/06/2014

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) enforcement action related to violations of law and significant misconduct at BNP Paribas (BNPP). Through a series of egregious schemes to evade detection and with the knowledge of multiple senior executives, BNPP employees concealed more than $190 billion in transactions between 2002 and 2012 for clients subject to U.S. sanctions, including Sudan, Iran, and Cuba. As a result of these violations, BNPP will pay $8.9 billion to federal and state authorities – including a $2.24 billion penalty to DFS – terminate senior executives, and suspend U.S. dollar clearing operations for one year at business lines in which the misconduct centered.
Federal Reserve Announces Civil Money Penalty And Issues Cease And Desist Order Against BNP Paribas, S.A.

Date 30/06/2014

The Federal Reserve on Monday announced a $508 million penalty against BNP Paribas, S.A., Paris, France--the largest penalty ever assessed by the agency--for violations of U.S. sanctions laws. The Federal Reserve also issued a joint cease and desist order with the Autorité de Contrôle et de Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), the home country supervisor of BNP Paribas. The cease and desist order requires BNP Paribas to implement a program to ensure global compliance with U.S. sanctions laws. BNP Paribas continues to operate branches in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and an agency in Houston, all of which are covered by the enhanced policies and procedures required by the order.
Treasury Department Reaches Largest Ever Sanctions-Related Settlement With BNP Paribas SA For $963 Million - Treasury Settlement Part Of Interagency Investigation Into Apparent Violations Of Sanctions Programs

Date 30/06/2014

As part of a combined $8.9 billion settlement with federal and state government agencies, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $963 million agreement with BNP Paribas SA (BNPP) to settle its potential liability for apparent violations of U.S. sanctions regulations. Today’s settlement resolves OFAC’s investigation into BNPP’s systemic practice of concealing, removing, omitting, or obscuring references to information about U.S.-sanctioned parties in 3,897 financial and trade transactions routed to or through banks in the United States between 2005 and 2012 in apparent violation of the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 538; the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560; the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515; and the Burmese Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 537.
BNP Pleads Guilty In U.S. Sanctions Case - To Pay $8.8 Billion

Date 30/06/2014

BNP Paribas has pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to forfeit USD8.83 billion as part of an investigation into allegations the French bank violated U.S. sanctions laws.