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SEC Charges Three Oil Services Executives With Bribing Customs Officials in Nigeria

Date 24/02/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three oil services executives with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by participating in a bribery scheme to obtain illicit permits for oil rigs in Nigeria in order to retain business under lucrative drilling contracts.

Speculators And Commodity Prices—Redux: CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton

Date 24/02/2012

On March 16, 2011, I spoke to an industry group concerning the impact of speculative activity on commodity prices. Eleven months later, I’m still talking about it, and saying almost precisely the same thing. Speculators are necessary liquidity providers to our markets, and while they perhaps are not driving prices to uneconomic levels, they certainly have an effect on prices—above and beyond where they might otherwise go—and American consumers and taxpayers are shouldering that burden.

Program Trading Averaged 30.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 13-17

Date 24/02/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Feb. 13-17.

Remarks By SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher At The Credit Suisse Global Equity Trading Forum

Date 24/02/2012

Thank you, John [Anderson], for that very kind introduction. I am pleased to  be here today.

Before I continue, I need to provide the standard disclaimer that my comments  today are my own, and do not necessarily represent the positions of the  Commission or my fellow Commissioners.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Acquires POLPX Shares

Date 24/02/2012

Speech By SEC Chairman, Mary L. Schapiro: Remarks At The Practising Law Institute’s SEC Speaks

Date 24/02/2012

It is a pleasure to be here. I look forward to this conference every year as  an opportunity to give a “State of the SEC” exposition – reviewing our recent  activities and how we have evolved and how the changes we’ve made will benefit  the markets we regulate and the investors we protect.

BM&FBOVESPA: Trading Session Starts At 10 AM Again As Of March 12

Date 24/02/2012

In view of the end of daylight saving time in Brazil on February 26, 2012 and the beginning of daylight saving time in the United States on March 11, 2012, BM&FBOVESPA informs you that the new trading hours (Brasília time) for the Equities Market and Derivatives Market will be as follows:

Remarks At The SEC Speaks In 2012 SEc Commissioner Elisse B. Walter

Date 24/02/2012

Introduction

Thank you, Meredith, for your warm and very generous introduction. It is a real pleasure to be here today and to be introduced by you.

Dow Jones Indexes To License Two Dividend Indexes For New iSshares ETFs - Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index To Serve as the Basis for iShares ETFs to Trade on NYSE Arca

Date 24/02/2012

Dow Jones Indexes today announced that iShares has licensed the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend Index and the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Indexto serve as the basis for two new iShares ETFs.

Derivatives: Council Of The European Union's Position Updated Ahead Of Talks With European Parliament

Date 24/02/2012

The Council today adjusted its position in negotiations with the European Parliament on a draftregulation aimed at increasing transparency on all derivatives and reducing risk in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market.