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Tokyo Grain Exchange Rice Early Delivery For December 2011 Contract Month Concluded

Date 06/12/2011

Today, Early Delivery of the December 2011 contract month for rice futures was concluded at Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc. as follows:

Early delivery was concluded through parties requesting Early Delivery in writing for the current delivery submitted on December 5. As there was more than one party desiring to make delivery, the Exchange determined the party by drawing lots as stipulated in the Rules.

Remarks Before The 2011 AICPA National Conference On Current SEC And PCAOB Developments By Christian Peo, Professional Accounting Fellow, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 05/12/2011

Introduction

Good morning. My name is Christian Peo, and I am a Professional Accounting Fellow in OCA’s Professional Practice Group. I am pleased to be here today to share some thoughts on two topics that we have been dealing with in our office: COSO’s project to update its internal controls framework as well as the topic of improving audit quality.

Credit FAQ: Factors Behind Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Placement Of Eurozone Governments On CreditWatch

Date 05/12/2011

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today placed its long-term sovereign ratings on 15 members of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU or eurozone) on CreditWatch with negative implications. We now think that there is at least a one-in-two chance that we will lower each of the ratings that we have placed on CreditWatch.

Remarks Before The 2011 AICPA National Conference On Current SEC And PCAOB Developments By Jason K. Plourde, Professional Accounting Fellow, Office Of The Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 05/12/2011

Good morning, my name is Jason Plourde and I am a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Professional Practice Group in OCA. I want to speak to you this morning about the use of pricing service information in informing fair value measurements and disclosure.

BATS Exchange Now Offers Primary Listing Services - Issuers Can Conduct IPOs And Transfer Their Listings To BATS Exchange

Date 05/12/2011

BATS Global Markets, the third-largest U.S. equities marketoperator, is pleased to announce that the BATS Exchange, also known as the BATS BZX Exchange, is now a U.S. primary listings venue, providing issuers a new market to list their stocks.

Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - November 30, 2011

Date 05/12/2011

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending November 30, 2011.

BM&FBOVESPA Ended November With 34.90% Foreign Investors Of The Total Volume

Date 05/12/2011

In November, foreign investors were responsible for 34.90% of the total volume. Institutional investors came next, with 32.80%; individual investors had 22.26%; financial institutions, with 8.14%; companies, with 1.83%; and other types of investors with 0.07%.

No Changes Will Be Made To The Equity Indices Of Deutsche Börse

Date 05/12/2011

Deutsche Börse announced there will be no component changes to the DAX, MDAX, SDAX or TecDAX selection indices as a result of today’s quarterly meeting with the Working Committee for Equity Indices. All current companies fulfill the market capitalization and turnover requirements to remain in their respective index.

NYSE Liffe Introduces Market Participant Programme For Latin America

Date 05/12/2011

NYSE Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced the introduction of a Market Participation Programme (MPP) for Latin American based participants.

Remarks Before The 2011 AICPA National Conference On Current SEC And PCAOB Developments By James L. Kroeker, Chief Accountant, Office Of The Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 05/12/2011

Introduction

Good morning and thank you Brad [Davidson] for the kind introduction, and thanks once again for the invitation to share my views at this 39th annual AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments. It has been very exciting time to be a member of the Staff of the SEC, and we have much to update you about during the course of this conference.