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Bursa Malaysia Sector Update

Date 06/05/2011

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) has decided to update the classification of sectors for 7 Public Listed Companies (“7 PLCs”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Monday, 9 May 2011.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Trading Conditions - Outlook & Initial Figures - April 2011

Date 06/05/2011

This report contains trading conditions of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for April 2011.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Expansion Of Circuit Breaker Level (Silver, All Contract Months, 5/6 15:10 JST)

Date 06/05/2011

As of 13:00 today (5/6th), the CB trigger level will be expanded.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces Partnership With Discovery Networks

Date 05/05/2011

BM&FBOVESPA and Discovery Networks - a global leader in nonfiction media - announced a partnership on Thursday to promote and disseminate financial education concepts to children. The partnership consists of airing the series O Porco e o Magro (Pig and Slim) within the Discovery na Escola programming block, broadcast by the Discovery Channel, from Monday to Friday at 11.00 a.m.. The series will air twice a week, as of June. BM&FBOVESPA Chief Executive Officer Edemir Pinto and Discovery Networks Director-General and senior vice-president Fernando Medin took part in the event, at the Espaço Raymundo Magliano Filho Visitors’ Center in central São Paulo.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 05/05/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, May 5, 2011:

• The shareholders of NuLoch Resources Inc. (TSXVN:NLR) have accepted the Offer to Purchase from Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation. NuLoch Resources will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of Thursday, May 5, 2011.

CalPERS CEO Issues Statement On Proposals To Reduce Public Employee Pensions

Date 05/05/2011

Anne Stausboll, Chief Executive Officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), today issued the following statement in response to a study released by the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility that outlines two proposals to reduce public employee pension and health benefits.

Federal Reserve Board Of Chicago, 47th Annual Conference On Bank Structure And Competition, Theme Panel Implementing Dodd-Frank: Progress To Date And Recommendations For The Future - Remarks Of CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 05/05/2011

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

-Winston Churchill

2011 Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour Estimate For Kansas At 37.4 Bushels per Acre - Wheat Quality Council's 2011 HRW Wheat Crop Tour Closes At KCBT

Date 05/05/2011

The final estimate for the 2011 Hard Red Winter wheat tour sponsored by the Wheat Quality Council was announced today at the Kansas City Board of Trade. The final participant estimate for the three-day tour average was a yield of 37.4 bushels per acre, 3.3 bushels lower than the 2010 estimate of 40.7 bushels per acre.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces April 2011 Market Performance

Date 05/05/2011

In April, the BM&FBOVESPA agribusiness derivatives market (including futures and options) totaled 167,619 contracts traded, compared to 168,499 in March. Agribusiness markets totaled 118,299 open interest contracts, in contrast to 101,434 in the previous month. Options on commodity futures totaled 21,273 contracts in April, against 12,708 the previous month. The highlight was for options on live cattle futures at 14,536 contracts from 8,033 the previous month.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces Opening Of The Bidding Process To Select The Manager For Three New ETFs - The Products Will Track The Dividend, Basic Materials And Public Utilities Indices

Date 05/05/2011

BM&FBOVESPA hereby announces the opening of the bidding process to select a securities portfolio manager entitled to an exclusive one-year license for the use of the Dividend Index (IDIV), Basic Materials Index (IMAT) and Public Utilities Index (UTIL). This is for the creation, respectively, of the Dividend Index Exchange-Traded Fund (IDIV ETF), the Basic Materials Index Exchange-Traded Fund (IMAT ETF), and the Public Utilities Index Exchange Traded Fund (UTIL ETF). The new products will have their units traded on the BOVESPA segment exchange market.