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Osaka Stock Exchange: Comment For The Effect Of The Tender Offer By TSE Group

Date 23/08/2012

Prior to a business combination, the tender offer for shares of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. commenced by Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. on July 11, 2012 and completed on August 22, 2012 has been effected. Creation of a combined holding company, "Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (tentative name)", on January 1st next year following a closing of the merger, whereby OSE will be the surviving company, is now in prospect. (It is subject to approvals at Extraordinary Shareholder Meetings of both companies.) Thus, Michio Yoneda, President and CEO of OSE made a comment as follows.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Announcement Concerning Results Of The Tender Offer For Shares Of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.

Date 23/08/2012

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. began a tender offer for shares of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. on July 11, 2012. As of yesterday, this tender offer was concluded successfully, with subscriptions in excess of the maximum planned number of shares to purchase.
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Goes Carbon Neutral

Date 23/08/2012

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki has calculated and compensated its carbon emission footprint in 2011 for its office in Helsinki.
Shanghai Stock Exchange: Enhancing Blue Chips' Value By Speeding Up Reform And Innovation

Date 23/08/2012

"SSE Release", the official microblog of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), held the first "Microblog-based Interview" with the theme of "'Guidance for Dividend Distribution' and Market Integrity Construction" on August 22. "The SSE pursues legalization, marketization, openness, and internationalization by adhering to the principles of independence, neutrality, service, self-regulation, competition, standardization, transparency, and accountability. Currently, the SSE has to fulfill its major duties of organizing the market trading, preventing market risks, tightening frontier supervision, developing innovative products, propelling technological progress, and providing all-round services for market participants, in a bid to build a sound market ", said SSE Vice President Xu Ming.
Statement Of SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro On Money Market Fund Reform

Date 23/08/2012

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro today made the following statement:

Three Commissioners, constituting a majority of the Commission, have informed me that they will not support a staff proposal to reform the structure of money market funds. The proposed structural reforms were intended to reduce their susceptibility to runs, protect retail investors and lessen the need for future taxpayer bailouts.

Audi Japan Sales Revamps Nationwide Computing Platform With KVH - Improving Operational Efficiency Through Secure Cloud-Based IT Services

Date 23/08/2012

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform, today announced that Audi Japan Sales K.K. (Audi Japan Sales), an exclusive dealer network of Audi in Japan, has selected KVH’s IT Services to revamp its computing platform for over 400 employees and 23 locations in metropolitan Tokyo, Tokai, and Kansai areas of Japan. KVH customized a solution to address Audi Japan Sales’ IT requirements, covering a range of services from developing a secure computing platform to improving operational efficiency.
Dalian Commodity Exchange Makes Amendment And Improvement To Some Business Implementation Rules

Date 23/08/2012

In order to adapt to the market development and further increase the running quality of the market, on August 16, Dalian Commodity Exchange released a notice and announced the amendaments to the implementation rules of related businesses including the trading, clearing, delivery and risk management.
Statement At SEC Open Meeting: Proposed Rule To Implement Section 1502 Of The Dodd-Frank Act — The “Conflict Minerals” Provision By Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher

Date 23/08/2012

Thank you, Chairman Schapiro. And thanks to the staff, in particular Paula Dubberly and John Fieldsend, for their tremendous efforts on this rulemaking. Rarely do issues come our way that are this “outside the box,” and the staff’s dedication and creativity throughout the rule-writing process are a tribute to the agency’s professionalism. I also want to recognize the many commenters I have met with on this topic over the nine months since I returned as a Commissioner. Many of these groups are represented by incredibly passionate and intelligent people, and with respect to the proponents of Dodd-Frank Section 1502, it is encouraging that these folks have dedicated their careers and are applying their talents for such noble causes.
SEC Charges New York-Based Firm And Owner In Penny Stock Scheme

Date 22/08/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based firm and its owner with conducting a penny stock scheme in which they bought billions of stock shares from small companies and illegally resold those shares in the public market.
Badgeville Selects Equinix Data Center To Support Growth Of Its Gamification Platform - Leverages Equinix’s Direct Connection To The Public Cloud To Increase Application Performance And Reduce Costs

Date 22/08/2012

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, has announced that Badgeville, the Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, is leveragingPlatform Equinix™ to support the growth of its Behavior Platform, a Platform-as-a-Service offering that enables customers to measure and influence user behavior. With its initial deployment in Equinix’s DC6 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Ashburn, Virginia, Badgeville is utilizing Equinix’s ability to directly connect to public cloud services to increase application performance and improve customer experience.