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US Treasury Issues Additional Information On Capital Purchase Program

Date 31/10/2008

The Treasury Department today issued additional documents for publicly traded financial institutions applying for the capital purchase program authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
Agencies Announce Decision On Impact Of Tax Change On Indirect Investments In Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Preferred Stock

Date 31/10/2008

The federal banking and thrift regulatory agencies announced today they are extending the applicability of their October 24, 2008 Interagency Statement on direct investments to certain indirect investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

Date 31/10/2008

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index.
SIFMA Government Survey Projects Total Net Issuance Increasing In Q4 08 Compared To Both Q3 08 And Q4 07

Date 31/10/2008

Total net Treasury bill, note and bond issuance will be higher in the fourth quarter of 2008 than in both the third quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2007 due to a larger budget deficit projection, according to a quarterly survey issued by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Government Securities Research, Analysis and Strategy Committee, which includes leading strategists and research
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date November 3, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 31/10/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date November 3, 2008 (effective with the November 2 evening session).

CME Group Announces Veterans Day Holiday Hours

Date 31/10/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, will close only the Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate open outcry trading floors on Tuesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. On Monday, November 10 the Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate trading floors will cease trading at noon.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, At the UC Berkeley/UCLA Symposium: The Mortgage Meltdown, The Economy, And Public Policy, Berkeley, California, October 31, 2008, The Future Of Mortgage Finance In The United States

Date 31/10/2008

I appreciate the opportunity to speak at this symposium. My remarks will focus on the mortgage securitization process, how it has been affected by the financial crisis, and how it may evolve in response to this crisis. In the United States, as you know, mortgage securitization has been dominated by two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as by the combination of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Ginnie Mae. By contrast, pri
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Sets PTA Futures Trading Volume Record

Date 31/10/2008

On Oct. 30, 2008, the trading volume in the Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA) futures contract on ZCE (Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange) peaked at 494086 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 480490 contracts set on Aug.5, 2008.
Launch Of The New FTSE/Athex Indices

Date 31/10/2008

The new FTSE/ATHEX Liquid Mid and FTSE/ATHEX-CSE Banking Index will be launched on Monday November 3, 2008 with starting price 2,000 index points.
Two Barclays Exchange Traded Notes List On NYSE Arca

Date 31/10/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its fully-owned subsidiary NYSE Arca today began trading two Barclays Exchange Traded Notes (“ETNs”) – iPath® CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index ETN (NYSE Arca: BWV) and Barclays GEMS IndexTM ETN (NYSE Arca: JEM) on a primary listed basis. The ETNs joined NYSE Arca as a transfer from NYSE Alternext US (formerly the American Stock Exchange).