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Home Builder's Former CEO To Pay More Than $7 Million For Stock Options Backdating

Date 15/09/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-based home builder KB Home, Inc., for his participation in a multi-year scheme to backdate stock options to himself and other company officers and employees, depriving investors of accurate information about executive compensation at the company.
First Coverage Signs GSA Capital As 50th Buy-Side Firm - First Coverage Users Now Represent Over USD $2 Trillion AUM

Date 15/09/2008

First Coverage Inc., a leading provider of financial information management solutions, announced today that it has signed London and Hong Kong-based $2.7 billion hedge fund GSA Capital Partners LLP as its 50th investment management customer. Developed by the founders of First Call and Street Events, First Coverage now serves a client base that manages more than USD $2 trillion in assets and includes three of the top 10 institutions worldwide.
NSX Comment Letter On Proposed Order Approving Market Data Fee Proposal

Date 15/09/2008

NSX filed a comment letter on September 9, 2008, in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed order that would approve a proposal by NYSEArca to establish fees for certain market data that NYSEArca previously made available without charge.
SEC Charges Pasta Executives With Accounting Fraud

Date 15/09/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Kansas City-based American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) and its former senior executives for engaging in a fraudulent accounting scheme to artificially increase the company's stock price and mislead investors about the company's earnings.
BM&FBOVESPA Releases Monthly Financial Statement For August

Date 15/09/2008

In August, the total number of trades in BM&FBOVESPA’s variable and fixed income markets reached 4.5 million, with a financial volume of BRL101.04 billion. The Company’s derivatives markets (both financial and agricultural) ended the month of August with a total trading volume of 28.77 million contracts, and a notional financial volume of US$1.18 trillion.

Statement Of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Regarding Lehman Brothers, Inc. And Neuberger Berman, LLC

Date 15/09/2008

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LBHI) has announced its decision to file for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. None of the U.S. broker-dealer subsidiaries of LBHI will be included in the Chapter 11 filing and will continue to operate. The company anticipates that this action will likely lead to the orderly winding down outside of bankruptcy of the company's U.S. broker-dealer firm subsidiaries, including Lehman Brothers, Inc. and Neuberger Berman, LLC.
SEC Launches Voluntary Online Filing System For Form D To Reduce Burden On Smaller Companies

Date 15/09/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today began accepting filings of Form D through the Internet as part of the agency's overall efforts to reduce unnecessary paper filings and regulatory burdens, particularly for smaller companies.
London Stock Exchange: Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Declaration of Default

Date 15/09/2008

Following Service Announcement 87/08, the London Stock Exchange has declared Lehman Brothers International (Europe) to be a defaulter in accordance with the Rules of the London Stock Exchange, via Stock Exchange Notice N08/08.
LCH.Clearnet Default Notice - Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc

Date 15/09/2008

LCH.Clearnet Ltd 33 Aldgate High St Aldgate London EC3N 1EAAttention: General Counsel, Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc 25 Bank St, London E14 5LEDate: 15th September 2008Dear Sirs,DEFAULT NOTICEWe refer to the LCH rules, (which in expression shall in
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Signs Multiyear Labor Agreement

Date 15/09/2008

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has struck a collective wage agreement with its employees union on Tuesday (09.09.08), ending months of disrupted labor relations.