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Brazil’s Petrobras Wins “Company” And “Producer Of The Year” Honors At Platts Global Energy Awards As “CEO” Goes To Dow Chemical’s Liveris 13th Annual Event Lauds Germany, Canada, Spain, India, Netherlands, U.S., Brazil

Date 02/12/2011

Winners from seven countries and four continents walked away with top honors at the 13^th annualPlatts Global Energy Awards held Thursday night at a black-tie dinner in New York City.

New Annual Electronic Trading Record Set At MGEX

Date 02/12/2011

MGEX,  a  Designated  Contract  Market  and  Derivatives  ClearingOrganization, today announced it set a new annual electronic trading record in 2011. With 21 trading days left in the calendar year, more than 1.5 million contracts have traded electronically at MGEX in 2011, breaking the previous record set in 2010. Further, November 2011 broke into the top 25 of monthly electronic trading records.

Perrigo Company To Join The NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning December 6, 2011

Date 01/12/2011

Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO) will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index^®(Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index (Nasdaq:NDXX) prior to market open on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Perrigo Company will replace Joy Global Inc. (Nasdaq:JOYG).

CBOE Holdings Reports November 2011 Trading Volume - CBOE Holdings Average Daily Volume: 4.2 Million Options Contracts - CBOE Year-To-Date Volume Exceeds One Billion Contracts

Date 01/12/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported that November trading volume for options on theChicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), the company's all-electronic market, combined, totaled 88.9 million contracts.  Options average daily volume (ADV) was 4.2 million contracts, a decrease of five percent from November 2010 ADV of 4.5 million contracts per day. 

CFTC Charges Brant L. Rushton And Melissa C. Rushston And Their Company, Summit Trading & Capital LLC, With Misappropriation And Issuing False Statements In Fraudulent Commodity Scheme - Federal Court Issues Order Freezing Defendants’ Assets And Prohibiting Destruction Of Books And Records

Date 01/12/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced it obtained an emergency court order on November 29, 2011, freezing assets held by defendants Brant and Melissa Rushton and their wholly-owned Illinois company, Summit Trading & Capital LLC (Summit). The court’s order also prohibits the destruction of books and records and grants the CFTC immediate access to such documents. The Rushtons, both formerly of Champaign, Ill., currently reside in Bend, Ore.

CBOE Futures Exchange November Volume Increased 9% Over Year Ago

Date 01/12/2011

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that trading volume during November 2011totaled 822,783 contracts, an increase of nine percent from the 751,481 contracts traded in November 2010.  Average daily volume (ADV) at CFE during November 2011 was 39,180 contracts, also a gain of nine percent from the 35,785 contracts traded per day in November 2010.  The 11 months of 2011 rank as the top 11 most-active trading months in CFE history. 

ISE Reports Business Activity For November 2011

Date 01/12/2011

• ISE is the largest equity options exchange in November with market share of 19.7%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 4.9% of industry volume in November 2011.

Component Changes Made To STOXX Blue-Chip Indices - Changes Are Due To Fast Entry Rule

Date 01/12/2011

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced changes to the STOXX Europe 50, STOXX Asia-Pacific 50 and STOXX Global 150 indices, which will become effective with the open of European markets on December 19^th, 2011.

ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: SEAT PAGINEGIALLE Credit Event

Date 01/12/2011

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Failure to Pay Credit Event occurred in respect of SEAT PAGINEGIALLE S.P.A.

SEC Charges Multiple Hedge Fund Managers With Fraud In Inquiry Targeting Suspicious Investment Returns

Date 01/12/2011

As part of an initiative to combat hedge fund fraud by identifying abnormal investment performance, the Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against three separate advisory firms and six individuals for various misconduct including improper use of fund assets, fraudulent valuations, and misrepresenting fund returns.