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SEC Chairman Cox Calls For Improved Investor Protections In The Market For Municipal Securities

Date 26/07/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today delivered an SEC staff "white paper" to Congress that calls for improvements in accounting and disclosure in the municipal securities market.
NYMEX To Change Position Limits For Copper Futures Contract

Date 26/07/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will decrease the spot month position limit for its copper futures contract to 400 contracts from 500 contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
SEC Sues Cardinal Health, Inc. For Fraudulent Earnings And Revenue Management Scheme - Pharmaceutical Distribution Company To Pay $35 Million Penalty

Date 26/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Cardinal Health, Inc., a pharmaceutical distribution company based in Dublin, Ohio, has agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges that it engaged in a nearly four-year long fraudulent revenue and earnings management scheme, as well as other improper accounting and disclosure practices.
NYMEX Sets Daily Options Volume Records

Date 26/07/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced that it set daily volume records for total NYMEX and COMEX options, NYMEX options, natural gas options, and European natural gas options contracts yesterday.
Program Trading Averaged 36.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 16-20

Date 26/07/2007

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 July 16-20.

BOX Beats Previous Daily Contract Volume Record In Three Of Last Four Trading Sessions

Date 26/07/2007

On July 20, 2007, BOX traded 960,470 contracts, breaking by far its previous volume record of 775,858 contracts. In addition, BOX has traded over 800,000 contracts in two of the subsequent three trading sessions, reaching market shares over 6% of all OCC equity options volume.
Dalian Commodity Exchange: The China Securities Regulatory Commission Approved The Trading Of LLDPE

Date 26/07/2007

China approved the trading of Linear Low density Polyethylene (a raw material in plastics) futures in Dalian Commodity Exchange, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on its Web site today. This would be the third futures product launched in China's commodity market this year after zinc and rapeseed oil. The Dalian exchange has finished the preparation work related to the futures contract, and may begin trading the product at the end of this month, the commission said.
Osaka Securities Exchange 1st Quarter Results Of Fiscal Year 2007 - Apr. 1 - Jun. 30, 2007

Date 26/07/2007

Brief Summary of Financial Statements [1st Quarter, FY2007]
SEC Charges Former Chairman And CEO Of Brooks Automation In Stock Option Fraud

Date 26/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil fraud action against Robert J. Therrien, former President and CEO of Brooks Automation, Inc., a Massachusetts software company, alleging that he received millions of dollars in undisclosed compensation by fraudulently backdating his exercise of an option to purchase company stock.
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Reports Record Revenues, Strong Second Quarter 2007 Results

Date 26/07/2007

Record Revenues of $136.7 MM, Up 86%; Net Income Rises 73% to $53.7 MM; Excluding Non-recurring CBOT Merger Proposal Costs, Net Income of $60.7 MM Diluted EPS of $0.75; Excluding Non-recurring CBOT Merger Proposal Costs, Diluted EPS of $0.85 NYBOT to Become ICE Futures US