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UK's Financial Services Authority Made Solicitors Bankrupt For Assisting Boiler Room

Date 29/03/2007

A solicitor, Adrian Sam has been made bankrupt by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) because his previous law firm, Adrian Sam & Co (ASC), assisted an illegal overseas boiler room.
Program Trading Averaged 32.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 19-23

Date 29/03/2007

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 Mar. 19-23.
CBOT To Launch Mini-Sized Ag Contracts On E-CBOT

Date 29/03/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that it will launch mini-sized CBOT Ag futures contracts on its e-cbot® electronic trading platform. This is the first time these contracts will be available on an electronic platform and they will include mini-sized Corn, mini-sized Soybeans and mini-sized Wheat contracts.
HKEx Agrees To Sell Its Interest In Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited

Date 29/03/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has agreed to sell its 30 per cent interest in Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (CHIS) to Computershare Limited of Australia, which currently owns 70 per cent of CHIS, for $270,320,130.
SEC: Nicor To Pay $10 Million To Settle Fraud Charges

Date 29/03/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Nicor, Inc., a major Chicago-area natural gas distributor, and Jeffrey Metz, its former Assistant Vice President and Controller, will pay more than $10 million to settle charges that they engaged in improper transactions, made material misrepresentations, and failed to disclose material information regarding Nicor's gas inventory in order to meet earnings targets and increase the company's revenues under a performance-based rate plan

ICEX News & Views - Volume 7, Issue 11

Date 29/03/2007

In this issue: Icelandic companies join the main market of the Nordic Exchange and the results of a survey for the Nordic Exchange in Iceland.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces Launch Of PHLX Foreign Exchange Spot Rates On Friday, March 30 - WCO Open Interest Set A Record Of 29,581 Contracts On March 28

Date 29/03/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today the launch of PHLX modified foreign exchange spot rates for the Euro (XDE) and British Pound (XDB). PHLX will disseminate a modified spot rate beginning Friday, March 30. Pursuant to the Exchange’s modified spot rate methodology, if the British Pound is valued at 1.9750, the modified rate will be disseminated as 197.50.
ICE Futures Designated As A “Qualified Board Or Exchange” By IRS; U.S. Market Participants To Receive 60/40 Tax Treatment

Date 29/03/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, today announced a revenue ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) designating ICE Futures as a “qualified board or exchange,” thereby providing “60/40 tax treatment” to U.S. participants trading in ICE Futures markets. ICE Futures, the U.K.-regulated subsidiary of ICE, has a growing customer base in the United States and approval to offer its screens in 46 additional
Palestine Securities Exchange Monthly Report

Date 29/03/2007

Click here to download the Palestine Securities Exchange monthly report.
Flextrade Connects To FXMarketSpace For FX Trading In The OTC Market

Date 29/03/2007

FlexTrade Systems, a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, today announced that its clients now have direct access to FXMarketSpace, the world’s first centrally-cleared FX platform for the over-the-counter market.