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With The Year’s Trading Nearly Complete, Mcdonald’s Tops All Dow Jones Industrial Average Component Stocks With 2011 Gain Of 30.99% - IBM, Pfizer, Home Depot, Kraft Foods Round Out Top 5 Through Close Of Trading On December 27 - Dow Jones Industrial Average Up 6.17% From Its 2010 Close

Date 27/12/2011

With three days of trading left this year, McDonald’s Corp. is on track to lead all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in stock performance for 2011, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes. 

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 27/12/2011

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 15, 2011.

NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks as of Settlement Date December 15, 2011

Date 27/12/2011

At the end of the settlement date of December 15, 2011, short interest in 2,267 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 6,558,926,307 shares compared with 6,887,994,075 shares in 2,261 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of November 30, 2011. The mid-December short interest represents 4.05 days average daily NASDAQ Global Marketshare volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.84 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

Date 27/12/2011

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 15, 2011.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury Releases Semi-Annual Report To Congress On International Economic And Exchange Rate Policies

Date 27/12/2011

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the Semi-Annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies that is required under Sections 3004 and 3005 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.  The Report covers international economic and foreign exchange developments in the first half of 2011.  Where pertinent and available, data and developments through mid-December 2011 are included.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes Instructions, Completing Transposition Of The UCITS IV Directive

Date 27/12/2011

Further to the transposition of the UCITS IV Directive, the AMF instructions governing the authorisationand operation of UCITS, non-UCITS and real estate collective investment schemes have been amended and now incorporate all the new measures introduced into French law.

CME Group Announces 2012 Annual Meeting Date

Date 27/12/2011

CME Group (Nasdaq: CME) today announced that its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 3:30 p.m., Central Time, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in the Auditorium at CME Group, located at 20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois.

The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Updates Its Policy On Collective Investment Schemes

Date 27/12/2011

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has given a commitment to update and publish its policy on collective investment schemes regularly, in order to ensure that asset management companies and collective investment scheme distributors are familiar with it.

FINRA Fines Credit Suisse Securities $1.75 Million For Regulation SHO Violations And Supervisory Failures

Date 27/12/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC $1.75 million for violating Regulation SHO (Reg SHO) and failing to properly supervise short sales of securities and marking of sale orders. As a result of these violations, Credit Suisse entered millions of short sale orders without reasonable grounds to believe that the securities could be borrowed and delivered and mismarked thousands of sales orders.

IGBM Index New Composition For First Half 2012

Date 27/12/2011

The index will be made up of 115 stocks, following the inclusion of 3 new constituents and the exclusion of 4

The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with technical provisions for the composition, calculation and sectoral division of the IGBM index family, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the first half of 2012.