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KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date August 19, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 18/08/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date August 19, 2008 (effective with the August 18 evening session).
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® Announces The Successful Launch Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Futures And Options Contracts

Date 18/08/2008

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® (CCFE™), a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Designated Contract Market, announces the successful launch of RGGI Futures and Options contracts.
BATS Receives SEC Approval, Earns Exchange Status - Seeks To Finalize Transition And Operate As An Exchange Within 60 Days - Urges Firms To Complete Key Membership Agreements Immediately

Date 18/08/2008

BATS Trading Inc. received approval today from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a registered national securities exchange. The transition into an exchange, from the firm’s current regulatory status as an ECN, is expected to take approximately 60 days.
BOVESPA Stock Options Turn Over BRL 794 Million in August

Date 18/08/2008

The exercise of stock options on BOVESPA added up to BRL 794,911,755.50 on August 18. Call options totaled BRL 594,087,183.50 while put options amounted to BRL 200,824,572.00.
CME Group Inc. Shareholders and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Shareholders And Class A Members Approve Acquisition - Companies Expect To Complete Transaction On August 22 As Previously Announced

Date 18/08/2008

CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX) today announced that preliminary results indicate the shareholders of both companies have approved the proposed merger of CME Group and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. based on a review of the proxies voted at today's special meetings by the parties' respective proxy solicitors. In addition, preliminary results also show that NYMEX Class A members have voted to approve the related proposals in a separate member vote.

Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros: Merger with Bovespa Holding - Changes In FTSE/Mondo Visione Exchanges Index

Date 18/08/2008

Subject to the completion of the stock merger of equals between Bovespa Holding (Brazil, constituent) and Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (Brazil, constituent), Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (Brazil) will have a name change to BM&F Bovespa and will remain in the index. Bovespa Holding (Brazil,B28CWH2) will be deleted from the index.
BlueNext Chasing New Record Highs On The Spot EUA

Date 18/08/2008

BlueNext is pleased to announce that the spot contract for European Union Allowances has reached a new record volume on August 14, 2008 of 1,504,000 tonnes. This brings the total volume traded so far in the month of August to 8,239,000 tonnes, which represents around 8 % of the total traded market volume and 16 % of the total exchange trading (OTC clearing excluded).
SEC Announces Fair Fund Distribution To Harmed Investors In Putnam Mutual Funds

Date 18/08/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the distribution of nearly $40 million to more than 600,000 investors who were harmed by undisclosed market timing and excessive short-term trading in certain mutual funds managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. This is the first in a series of Fair Fund distributions that will ultimately return a total of more than $150 million to more than 1.5 million affected Putnam mutual fund investors.
Tehran Stock Exchange Corporation, Held Anti-Money Laundering Training Course

Date 18/08/2008

Tehran Stock Exchange Corporation, with the assistance of an international training institute, held a four-day training course on August 10-13, 2008 on the subject of Anti-Money Laundering. The course covered several topics including International Laws and Standards, Money Laundering Risks and Methods, Anti-money Laundry Programs, and Customer Due Diligence. The participants consisted of delegates from stock brokerages, Securities and Exchange Organization, Central Securities Depository
NASDAQ OMX Introduces Four New Global Indexes - New Benchmarks For Biotechnology, Coal, Steel And Precious Metals

Date 18/08/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the introduction today of a new series of global indexes designed to benchmark the performance of some of the world's most dynamic sectors. These new indexes are a continuation of NASDAQ OMX's commitment to designing and calculating world-class indexes. The NASDAQ OMX Global Sector Index Series is the latest series of indexes launched by NASDAQ OMX Global Financial Products (GFP).