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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 18/03/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, March 18, 2008: GFI Oil & Gas Corporation (TSXVN:GFI) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange pursuant to its acquisition by Salamander Energy plc.
SEC: Answers To Frequently Asked Investor Questions Regarding The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

Date 18/03/2008

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today issued the following answers to frequently asked questions from investors regarding The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (Bear Stearns).
CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Exemption Request From The Chicago Board Of Trade Involving Denatured Fuel Ethanol Swaps And Options

Date 18/03/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in connection with certain contracts cleared through the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on behalf of CBOT.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Uranium Futures Contract

Date 18/03/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will change margins for its uranium futures contract, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.
SEC Charges W.P. Carey And Two Senior Executives In Fraudulent Payment Scheme

Date 18/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled securities fraud charges against W.P. Carey & Co., a manager of real estate investment trusts (REITs), and two of W.P. Carey's senior executives for paying undisclosed compensation to a brokerage firm that sold the REITs to investors. W.P. Carey did not disclose the payments to the broker-dealer, as it was required to do in the REITs' offering documents, and misrepresented the payments in the REITs' periodic filings.

OMX Nordic Exchange Iceland News & Views

Date 18/03/2008

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CESR Publishes A Comment Letter To EFRAG On The Exposure Draft From IASB On IFRS 1, Regarding Cost Of An Investment

Date 18/03/2008

CESR has, through its standing committee on financial reporting (CESR-Fin), sent a comment letter to EFRAG on an exposure draft from IASB regarding IFRS1 and IAS 27 - Cost of an Investment in a subsidiary, jointly controlled entity or associate.
NYSE Euronext Welcomes Brookfield Asset Management - Co-Listed On The New York And Toronto Stock Exchange

Date 18/03/2008

Brookfield Asset Management Inc, a global asset management company, focused on property, power and infrastructure assets, was listed successfully listed today on NYSE Euronext’s Amsterdam market.
BOVESPA: Stock Options Turn Over BRL 581.6 Million In March

Date 18/03/2008

The exercise of stock options on BOVESPA added up to BRL 581,622,093.00 on March 17. Call options totaled BRL 390,216,841.00 while put options amounted to BRL 191,405,252.00.
Dubai Financial Market: Prophet's Birthday Remembrance

Date 18/03/2008

With reference to the ESCA circular no. 13/2008 received on 18/03/2008 concerning the Prophet Birthday 1429 notification holiday, it has been decided that Thursday 20/3/2008 Shall be official holiday in Dubai Financial Market and the work shall resume on Sunday 23/3/2008.