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Stimulus Bill Boosts Muni Market, Says SIFMA

Date 12/02/2009

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) head of global advocacy, Michael Paese, today said the following after the summary of the tax title of the stimulus bill was released: “The current financial crisis has had serious and negative consequences for municipalities across the country. And while a number of federal programs recently have been devoted to the larger financial market turmoil, the skyrocketing borrowing costs and shrinking markets facing Ameri

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

Date 12/02/2009

New MEFF Members

Date 12/02/2009

MEFF announced the new Members approved by the Board:

Component Changes Made To Dow Jones And Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes

Date 12/02/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indexes.

SEC Charges Canadian Citizen For Market Manipulation Schemes

Date 12/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged George Georgiou of Toronto, Ontario, with manipulating the market in four separate microcap stocks — Avicena Group, Inc., Neutron Enterprises, Inc., Hydrogen Hybrid Technologies, Inc., and Northern Ethanol, Inc.

Program Trading Averaged 30.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 2-6

Date 12/02/2009

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 2-6.

Regulation And Supervisory Architecture: Is The EU On The Right Path? Speech By Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB - 2009 ECON Meeting With National Parliaments - Financial Crisis: Where Does Europe Stand?

Date 12/02/2009

It is a pleasure for me to be invited to talk about regulation and supervisory architecture at this important meeting. I think we have an excellent opportunity today to exchange thoughts about these interesting and demanding times.

EU Banking Supervision And European Central Bank Role Discussed By MEPs And National MPs

Date 12/02/2009

The European Central Bank's potential role in helping to make Europe's fragmented system of financial supervision more effective was one of the key issues discussed over two days of debate between the Economics Committee and national MPs.

UK's Financial Services Authority Statement Re: HBOS

Date 12/02/2009

Further to our earlier statement, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued the following fuller account of the issues relating to the risk function at HBOS, raised at the Treasury Select Committee on 10 February 2009.

SIX Group Appoints New Members To Independent Appeals Board

Date 12/02/2009

The Board of Directors of SIX Group has confirmed the continued appointment of three members of the independent Appeals Board that is required under the Swiss Stock Exchange Act: Dr. Dieter Bosshart, Chairman (former President of the Higher Court of Canton Zurich), Dr. Rolf H. Weber, Vice Chairman (Professor of Private, Economic and European Law at the University of Zurich) and Dr. Heinrich Andreas Müller (President of the Higher Court of Canton Zurich). Dr.rer.pol. Niklaus Blattner (Emeritus Pr