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Opening Statement, Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 08/09/2011

Introduction

Good morning. This meeting will come to order. This is a public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider proposed rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). I’d like to welcome members of the public, market participants and members of the media, as well as those listening to the meeting on the phone or watching the webcast.

BASF, Pearson, PPG Industries Added To Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index - Taiwan’s HIWIN Technologies, KCC Of South Korea, Australia’s SAI Global Among Stocks Added to Dow Jones Islamic Market Asia/Pacific Index- Changes Follow Regular Periodic Reviews Of Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

Date 08/09/2011

BASF of Germany, the U.K.’s Pearson PLC and PPG Industries Inc. of the U.S. will be added to the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, following a regular quarterly review, Dow Jones Indexes announced today.

CFTC Sues 11 Foreign Currency Firms In Second Nationwide Sweep Against Unregistered Firms - Cases Bring To 25 The Number Of Firms Sued By The CFTC For Failing To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act And The CFTC’s Regulations.

Date 08/09/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it simultaneously filed 10 enforcement actions in Federal District Courts in Illinois, New York, Utah, and Wyoming, alleging that 11 entities are illegally soliciting members of the public to engage in foreign currency (forex) transactions and are operating without being registered with the CFTC. These cases follow on the CFTC’s January 26, 2011 filings against 14 other entities for similar violations (see CFTC Press Release 5974-11).

SEC Files Subpoena Enforcement Action Against Deloitte & Touche In Shanghai

Date 08/09/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a subpoena enforcement action against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. for failing to produce documents related to the SEC’s investigation into possible fraud by the Shanghai-based public accounting firm’s longtime client Longtop Financial Technologies Limited.

Key Statistics For August 2011 - New Record Figures Resulting From Strong Increase In Trades And Turnover At SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland.

Date 08/09/2011

In August, SIX Swiss Exchange saw a jump in trading activities. On 9 August 2011, a new daily record was set with roughly 390'000 trades. The number of trades was up in August by 64 % compared with the previous month.

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium, Among Five New Additions To Dow Jones China 88 Index - Focus Media Holding, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, Air China Join Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index - Changes Follow Regular Index Review

Date 08/09/2011

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd. (600887.SH) and Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium Co. Ltd. (000629.SZ) will be among five stocks added to the Dow Jones China 88 Index following a regular semi-annual review, it was announced today by Dow Jones Indexes.

Deutsche Börse AG And NYSE Euronext Announce That Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. Will Not Pursue A Takeover Law Squeeze-Out Of The Remaining Deutsche Börse AG Shareholders Who Have Not Tendered - Companies Encourage All Holders Of The Untendered Deutsche Börse AG Shares To Tender Before The November 4 Expiration

Date 08/09/2011

Deutsche Börse AG (XETRA:DB1) and NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) today announced that the holding company of the merged group, Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. (“Holdco”) will not pursue a takeover law squeeze-out under, Section 39a and b of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act, of the remaining Deutsche Börse shares that were not tendered in the original exchange offer made by Holdco.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces August 2011 Market Performance

Date 08/09/2011

BOVESPA segment has record monthly financial volume; record monthly and daily-average number of trades - Record number of securities lending transactions - ETF financial volume and number of transactions rise from July - Number of cash settled soybean futures contracts leaps to 14,526 in August from 8,020 traded in July. Options on cash settled soybean futures the highlight at 10,461 from 2,697 July.

IntercontinentalExchange Announces New $300 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

Date 08/09/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase plan for the company's common stock in the amount of $300 million. 

Deutsche Börse Adds Global Treasury Auction Data To Machine-Readable News Feed - “Alphaflash Global Treasury Feed” Makes Data Available From 12 Countries

Date 08/09/2011

Deutsche Börse has added global treasury auction data to its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash”.