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  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index

    Date 02/11/2011

    Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

    Shareholders of Open Range Energy Corp. (TSX:ONR) approved on November 1, 2011, the Plan of Arrangement whereby the company will spin out its modular fracturing fluid tank rental business to shareholders. For every share of Open Range held, shareholders will receive 0.8839 shares of a new company named Poseidon Concepts Corp. Poseidon Concepts will trade on TSX for the first time (the ex-date of the spin-off) on November 4, 2011, under the ticker symbol "PSN" and CUSIP number 73731R 10 3. The spun out shares of Poseidon Concepts will be added at zero price to the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap Indices after the close of trading on Thursday, November 3, 2011. Effective after the close of Friday, November 4, 2011, the shares of Poseidon Concepts will be removed from the same two indices.

  • SIFMA Opposes Latest Financial Transaction Tax Legislation

    Date 02/11/2011

    SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., executive vice president, public policy and advocacy in response to legislation introduced by Senator Tom Harkin and Representative Peter DeFazio to impose a tax on trades of stocks, bonds and derivatives contracts.

  • Federal Court Orders Charlotte, NC, Couple And Their Companies To Pay $24 Million For Defrauding Customers In Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme

    Date 02/11/2011

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced it obtained a federal court supplemental consent order requiring defendantsSidney S. HansonCharlotte M. Hanson, and their companies, Queen Shoals, LLC, Queen Shoals II, LLC, and Select Fund, LLC, to pay $24 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties for defrauding customers and misappropriating millions of dollars in a foreign currency (forex) Ponzi scheme (see CFTC Press Release 5689-09, August 7, 2009).

  • CBOE Futures Exchange October Volume Up 88% Versus Year Ago - VIX Futures ADV Was 42,760 Contracts For The Month - Year-To-Date Volume At CFE Surpasses 10-Million-Contract Mark

    Date 02/11/2011

    The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that October 2011 total trading volume and average daily volume (ADV) rose 88 percent versus a year ago.  Trading volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) remained active as 42,760 contracts traded per day during the month.  For the year, total trading volume at CFE surpassed the 10-million-contract mark during October. 

  • Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The November 1-2 FOMC Meeting

    Date 02/11/2011

    The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table and charts summarizing the economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the November 1-2 meeting of the Committee.