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Date 27/01/2012

SEC Advisory Committee on Small And Emerging Companies to Meet Wednesday

Date 26/01/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that its Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies will meet on Wednesday, February 1, beginning at 10 a.m. EST.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting In Davos: Mexico’s Calderón Urges Europe To Take Bold Action To Firewall Debt Crisis

Date 26/01/2012

• President Calderón of Mexico, which holds the presidency of the G20 this year, called on Europe to move quickly to set up sufficient firewalls to contain the debt crisis
• Resolving the European crisis is an important task for the G20, which will hold its next summit in June
• The theme of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos

SEC Charges Boiler Room Operators In Florida-Based Penny Stock Manipulation Scheme

Date 26/01/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Fort Lauderdale-based firm and its founder with conducting a fraudulent boiler room scheme in which they hyped stock in two thinly-traded penny stock companies while behind the scenes they sold the same stock themselves for illegal profits.

DTCC Names Mark Davies Vice President, Data Business Development

Date 26/01/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that it has named Mark Davies to the new position of vice president, Data Business Development, focusing on DTCC’s involvement in the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) program in Europe.

SEC Charges Latvian Trader In Pervasive Brokerage Account Hijacking Scheme - SEC Also Charges 12 Firms And Individuals For Extending Market Access Without Registering As Brokers

Date 26/01/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a trader in Latvia for conducting a widespread online account intrusion scheme in which he manipulated the prices of more than 100 NYSE and Nasdaq securities and caused more than $2 million in harm to customers of U.S. brokerage firms.

NASDAQ OMX Baltic Exchanges Announce Companies With The Best Investor Relations In The Baltic Region - Quality Of investor Relations In The Baltics Has Improved By 40% Since 2006

Date 26/01/2012

NASDAQ OMX Baltic, part of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), tonight at a special live broadcast ceremony announced the winners of the Baltic Market Awards 2011, recognizing the best practices in the Baltic securities market. 

FINRA Warns Investors Of Email Hack Attacks

Date 26/01/2012

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a new Investor Alert called Email Hack Attack? Be Sure to Notify Brokerage Firms and Other Financial Institutions. FINRA has received an increasing number of reports involving investor funds being stolen by fraudsters who first gain access to the investor's email account and then email instructions to the firm to transfer money out of the brokerage account.  Email Hack Attack? warns investors about the potential financial consequences of a compromised email account and provides tips for safeguarding your assets.

CNN/Quest Means Business: CNN’s Richard Quest In Davos Speaks With JP Morgan’s CEO On The U.S. Presidential Election, Taxes And The State Of The Economy

Date 26/01/2012

Dimon: My gut feeling is that it’s going to be close. The candidate is not doing great. I think the candidate is going to be Mitt Romney

Full interview will run in Quest Means Business 1900 GMT/2000CET

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting In Davos: European Leaders Call For Tighter Euro Discipline

Date 26/01/2012

• Leaders of smaller European countries optimistic on establishing fiscal discipline for the euro
• They call for tighter rules in order to restore confidence
• The theme of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos