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PHLX To Begin Trading Twenty New Options On Friday, May 2

Date 01/05/2008

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade twenty new options on May 2, 2008. The following seven options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC: Signature Bank (option/stock symbol: SBNY) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of May, June, September and December. Position and exercise lim
CFE's April Volume Up 148% Over Year-Ago - Growth Paced By Strong Trading In VIX Futures

Date 01/05/2008

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE), today announced that trading volume during April 2008 totaled 103,438 contracts, an increase of 148% over the April 2007 volume of 41,644 contracts.Average daily volume during April was 4,701 contracts, up 126% over the 2,082 contracts per day during April 2007.
CBOE's Average Daily Volume In April Rose 15% - 3.9 Million Contracts Per Day, Total Volume Of 86.3 Million During April - Trading In Equity Options Gains 22% Over Year-Ago

Date 01/05/2008

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that average daily volume in April was 3,924,060 contracts traded per day, up 15% when compared to the 3,421,694 contracts per day during April 2007.Total exchange volume during April rose 26% to 86,329,324 contracts, up from April 2007's volume of 68,433,884 contracts.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 01/05/2008

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. have approved the takeover offer from Royal Bank of Canada(TSX:RY). The relative weight of Royal Bank will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped and the S&P/TSX Capped Financials indices after the close of trading on Thursday, May 8, 2008,
Program Trading Averaged 22.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Apr. 21-25

Date 01/05/2008

The New York Stock Exchange 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 Apr. 21-25.

SEC Charges Banc Of America Investment Services With Failing To Disclose It Favored Affiliated Mutual Funds

Date 01/05/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a settled enforcement action against Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (BAISI) for failing to disclose to clients that in selecting investments for discretionary mutual fund wrap fee accounts, it favored two mutual funds affiliated with BAISI.
Kansas City Board Of Trade April Volume Posts Gains Over March - Wheat Futures, Wheat Options And Total Exchange Show Increases

Date 01/05/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade trading volume for the month of April was higher than volume traded in March. Wheat futures trading volume in April amounted to 326,800 contracts, exceeding March volume by 33.2 percent. Wheat options volume of 22,557 contracts exceeded March volume by 49 percent and total exchange volume of 349,357 contracts exceeded total March volume by 34.2 percent.
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For April 2008

Date 01/05/2008

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported that in April 2008, its options exchange traded an average daily volume of 4.0 million contracts and was the largest U.S. options exchange as measured by total volume traded for the month. The ISE Stock Exchange traded an average daily volume of 62.3 million shares in the same period.
SEC Charges McCann-Erickson Worldwide With Accounting Fraud Holding Company, Two Former Executives Also Charged

Date 01/05/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed enforcement actions against global advertising network McCann-Erickson Worldwide, its parent company, and two former executives for their roles in an accounting fraud involving intercompany transactions.
CME Group April 2008 Volume Averaged 10.2 Million Contracts Per Day, Up More Than 30 Percent From Year-Ago Levels

Date 01/05/2008

All major product lines up by double digits Equity index volume up 55 percent Interest rate volume up 24 percent, Foreign exchange volume up 41 percent and Commodities and alternative investments volume up 10 percent Year-to-date 2008 volume through April averaged 12.8 million contracts per day, up 32 percent versus the same period last year