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MGEX Reports Top 20 Electronic Volume Month; Strong Month Over Month Volume Increase

Date 01/03/2012

Building on  strong month  over  month  volume  growth, MGEX todayannounced February total  Exchange  volume  increased 25 percent over  January and electronic trading of Hard  Red Spring  Wheat (HRSW) futures and options was the 19th best electronic volume month in MGEX history.

First Financial Bancorp, Radioshack, Altria Group Inc. Among 24 Stocks Added To Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index -Intact Financial Corp. Added To Dow Jones Canada Titans 60 Index - S-Oil Corp. And Honam Petrochemical Corp. Join Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index - Changes Follow Regular Periodic Reviews, Become Effective After Close Of Trading On March 16, 2012

Date 01/03/2012

First Financial Bancorp (Ohio), RadioShack Corp., and Altria Group Inc. will be among 24 stocks added to the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index, following a regular annual review, Dow Jones Indexes announced today.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 01/03/2012

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

The shares of Titan Uranium Inc. (TSXVN:TUE) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of March 1, 2012. Pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement, the shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange having been acquired by Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR) in a share swap.

Testimony Of Fiscal Assistant Secretary Richard Gregg Before The House Oversight Committee On The FY 2011 Financial Report Of The U.S. Government

Date 01/03/2012

Chairman Platts, thank you for inviting me to discuss the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Financial Report of the United States Government and the related audit.  Your interest in continuing to strengthen Federal financial management is greatly appreciated.

Fee Rate Advisory #6 For Fiscal Year 2012

Date 01/03/2012

Pursuant to Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Commission has determined that a mid-year adjustment to the Section 31 transaction fee rate is necessary. Effective on April 1, 2012, the Section 31 transaction fee rate will be set at $22.40 per million.

ISE Reports Business Activity For February 2012

Date 01/03/2012

STOXX Announces New Composition Of Eastern Europe 50 Index - Results Of The Review To Be Effective On March 19, 2012

Date 01/03/2012

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, substantial and global index concepts, today announced the results of the first of the two regular semi-annual reviews of the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index.

KCBT February 2012 Volume And Open Interest - KCBT HRW Wheat Futures & Exchange Volume Increase Compared To Previous Month

Date 01/03/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade volume traded in February posted increases in the Hard Red Winter Wheat futures contract and the exchange as a whole when compared to January.

OCC Announces 2% Decrease In Cleared Contract Volume In February While Stock Loan Activity Rose 7%

Date 01/03/2012

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in February reached 351,702,360 contracts, representing a 2 percent decrease from the February 2011 volume of 357,275,834 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total contract volume is down 7 percent from 2011 with 688,925,298 contracts.

Platts Introduces Daily Newsletter Focused On Steel Raw Materials Markets - Steel Markets Daily Expanded, Re-Branded, Re-Launched

Date 01/03/2012

In its first new product initiative since acquiring the Steel Business Briefing Group, Platts has re-launched its flagship steel publication, Steel Markets Daily, with a new focus on the raw materials – iron ore, metallurgical coal, coke, scrap and ferroalloys – that drive the steel market.  Re-branded Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily, the new publication provides news, analysis, commentary and more than 80 daily and weekly physical market price assessments, including both the Platts IODEX and The Steel Index (TSI) iron ore benchmarks.