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Federal Open Market Committee Statement

Date 27/04/2011

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the economic recovery is proceeding at a moderate pace and overall conditions in the labor market are improving gradually. Household spending and business investment in equipment and software continue to expand. However, investment in nonresidential structures is still weak, and the housing sector continues to be depressed. Commodity prices have risen significantly since last summer, and concerns about global supplies of crude oil have contributed to a further increase in oil prices since the Committee met in March. Inflation has picked up in recent months, but longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable and measures of underlying inflation are still subdued.
Jim Goldberg Wins ‘Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011’

Date 27/04/2011

The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011 was announced in London on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 when the broadcaster and critic Miranda Sawyer presented the GBP 30,000 award at a special ceremony to the photographer Jim Goldberg. The annual award recognises a photographer who has made an important contribution to contemporary photography in Europe in the previous 12 months.
CenturyLink To Acquire Savvis For $40 Per Share In Cash And Stock Transaction - Creates A Premier Managed Hosting And Colocation Provider With Global Scale - Adds Global Next-Generation Capabilities And New Markets To CenturyLink's Network Footprint

Date 27/04/2011

CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) today announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire all outstanding shares of Savvis common stock in a cash and stock merger valued at $40 per share, or a total of approximately $2.5 billion, plus net debt of approximately $0.7 billion which will be assumed or refinanced at close.
CME Group Announces The Launch Of Three New Weekly Grain Options Contracts

Date 27/04/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of Weekly Grain Options on Corn, Wheat and Soybeansfutures to begin trading May 23. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.
ANZ Adds First Derivatives To Build Upon Its Global FX Strategy

Date 27/04/2011

First Derivatives (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:GYQ.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry today announced that Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), one of the largest banks in Australia, is now live with its Delta Stream market data capture and analytics solution for its eFX business. ANZ eFX now has unrivalled computational power, flexibility and speed to rapidly produce complex analytics to enhance its real-time FX trading operations.

Platform Computing Marks Launch Of Symphony 5.1 With Significant Momentum In Financial Services Market - Sales Increase Among Fortune 500 And Global Customers - Company Introduces Latest Version Of Industry Standard Distributed SOA Middleware Product

Date 27/04/2011

Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, has seen strong momentum and continued revenue growth in the financial services (FS) market over the past year. Organisations are ramping up their investments in Platform Symphony, which is geared toward enabling improved efficiency for distributed service oriented architecture (SOA) applications at lower cost. In addition, global demand for all of Platform’s offerings—including cloud, cluster, grid and MapReduce solutions — doubled year over year, with the company signing a number of marquee North American and European brand accounts, many of which rank in the Fortune 500.
Tehran Stock Exchange's Conference On Financing Opportunities For Listed Companies

Date 27/04/2011

A Conference on financing opportunities for companies listed at Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) was held on April 25th 2011, attended by Iran's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Head of Securities and Exchange Organization and CEO of TSE.
Emissions Trading: European Commission Adopts Decision On How Free Allowances Should Be Allocated From 2013

Date 27/04/2011

The European Commission today adopted a Decision on how free emission allowances should be allocated from 2013 to industrial installations covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Although auctioning will become the main principle for allocating allowances as of 2013, a proportion of free allowances will still be given to industry until 2020, notably to reduce costs for installations in sectors deemed to be exposed to significant competition from outside the EU. The Decision sets out the rules, including the benchmarks of greenhouse gas emissions performance, to be used by the Member States in calculating the number of allowances to be allocated for free annually in these sectors.
Singapore Exchange Welcomes Mapletree Commercial Trust

Date 27/04/2011

Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) welcomes the listing of Mapletree Commercial Trust (“MCT”), on the Mainboard, under the ticker symbol “N2IU”, today. It is the second largest IPO in Singapore this year.
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Receives Trading Authorisation - From Securities And Futures Commission - Gold-Futures Contract To Commence Trading On May 18

Date 27/04/2011

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (“HKMEx”) today announced that it has received authorisation from the Securities and Futures Commission to operate as an automated trading services (“ATS”) provider. Approval has also been given to its trading debut on May 18, 2011.