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CBOT Holdings Reports Record Quarterly Earnings And Revenues

Date 19/04/2007

CBOT Holdings, Inc. (CBOT), holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade, today announced record quarterly earnings and revenues. Net income was $55.4 million, or $1.05 per diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. Excluding merger-related expenses, net income was $68.4 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, a 95 percent increase from the first quarter of 2006. In last year’s first quarter, the company reported net income of $35.1 million, or $0.66 per diluted share. A recon
NASDAQ Announces First Quarter 2007 Results - Highest Ever Reported Operating Income - Up 94.7 Percent From Prior Year - Matched Market Share Reaches Record Levels - IPO Win Rate Highest Since 2000

Date 19/04/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ(r)"); (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today reported first quarter 2007 net income of $18.3 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, an increase of $0.3 million from $18.0 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2006.
MCX Inks Strategic MOU With The Agricultural Futures Exchange Of Thailand

Date 19/04/2007

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) and The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore areas of cooperation that would be of mutual benefit to the exchanges.
The New Index IBEX TOP DIVIDENDO® Will Be Disseminated As Of May 9 - The Index Includes The 25 Companies With The Highest Dividend Yield On The Spanish Market

Date 19/04/2007

The new tradable index, IBEX TOP DIVIDENDO®, created by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) to show the performance of the companies offering the highest dividend yields on the Spanish stock market, will start being calculated and disseminated, in real time, as of May 9.
ICE Futures Announces ICE Middle East Sour Crude Futures Contract - Cash-Settled Sour Crude Enables Broad Participation While Serving As A Transparent Sour Crude Price Reference - Brings Together Three Leading Crude Benchmarks On One Platform

Date 19/04/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodities exchange, announced plans to introduce a new sour crude futures contract based on one of the world’s largest crude oil production regions. The ICE Middle East Sour Crude futures contract will begin trading electronically on ICE Futures, ICE’s energy futures subsidiary, on Monday, May 21, 2007, pending U.K. regulatory approval.

Mitchells & Butlers To Enter FTSE 100 After Takeover Of Scottish Power

Date 19/04/2007

FTSE Group (FTSE), the company which calculates and manages the FTSE 100 index, today confirms that energy company Scottish Power is to be deleted from the FTSE 100, after its takeover by Spanish company Iberdrola. In the second change to the FTSE 100 this week, Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub operator, will replace Scottish Power in the blue chip index at the close of trading today.
FSA Fines Sesame £330,000 For SCARPs Complaints Handling Failures

Date 19/04/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Sesame Limited (Sesame) £330,000 for failing to treat its customers fairly by not handling complaints concerning Structured Capital At Risk Products (SCARPs) adequately.
HKEx Announces Senior Appointment And New Senior Executive In Its Listing Division

Date 19/04/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Thursday) that Michael Cheng will join HKEx in June as Senior Vice President to lead the Listing Policy and Mainland China Affairs Department of the Listing Division, and Bonnie Chan joined HKEx on 16 April as Senior Vice President in charge of the Division's IPO (initial public offering) Transactions Department (Ms Chan's appointment was announced earlier).
Changes To The Supervisory Board of STOXX Ltd. - Werner Bürki Of SWX Swiss Exchange Elected Chairman

Date 19/04/2007

Werner Bürki, a member of the management committee of the SWX Swiss Exchange and CEO of EXFEED Ltd., has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of STOXX Limited.
BM&F Reaches Historic Record Of 2 Billion Contracts Traded

Date 18/04/2007

The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures reached the historic record of 2 billion contracts traded, on Monday, April the 16th*. The record was reached at 12:16pm, in the Ibovespa futures market, between the brokerage houses Ágora (buyer) and Fator (seller). The four traders responsible for the trade were: Amauri Simões de Almeida Jr. and Rodrigo Mancini (Ágora) and Fernando Jorge Carneiro Filho and Adolfo Nunes Correa Jr. (Fator).