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NYMEX To Launch New York Harbor Ethanol Futures Contract

Date 14/03/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), today announced that it will launch a New York Harbor ethanol futures contract on March 30 for trade date March 31.
Statement Of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Regarding Bear Stearns' Broker Dealers

Date 14/03/2008

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory authorities, has been monitoring the U.S. broker-dealer subsidiaries of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. These broker dealers (Bear, Stearns & Co Inc., Bear, Stearns Securities Corp., Bear Wagner Specialists LLC) remain in compliance with the SEC's and FINRA's capital rules.
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit To Return To 60 Cents

Date 14/03/2008

Hard red winter wheat daily price limits will return to 60 cents for trade date March 17 (session beginning evening of March 16) except for the nearby March 2008 contract.
Statement Of SEC Division Of Trading And Markets Regarding The Bear Stearns Companies

Date 14/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets today issued the following statement regarding The Bear Stearns Companies:
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 14/03/2008

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, March 24, 2008: S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------

ICE Futures Canada: FCM Customer Margin Changes

Date 14/03/2008

The following initial and maintenance margins apply to non-participant speculative accounts held with FCMs. Non-participants holding hedge based positions may apply for a hedge exemption under Rule 4E.08. The minimum margin level under the hedge exemption is the clearinghouse margin.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 14/03/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, March 14, 2008:
NYSE Euronext To Purchase CME Group Metals Complex

Date 14/03/2008

NYSE Euronext, the world's leading and most liquid exchange group, and CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that NYSE Euronext will purchase the CME Group's Metals Complex. Trading of full and e-mini gold and silver futures and options on futures contracts will begin later this year on LIFFE CONNECT(R), NYSE Euronext's derivatives trading system, pending regulatory approvals.
Prime Minister Of Iceland H.E. Geir H. Haarde Visits The NASDAQ Marketsite In Times Square, New York Today

Date 14/03/2008

Prime Minister of Iceland H.E. Geir H. Haarde visits the NASDAQ MarketSite inTimes Square, New York on March 14, 2008. He is joined by Mr. Bolli Bollason,Permanent Secretary; Mrs. Greta Ingthorsdottir, Political Advisor; Mr. HlynurGudjonsson, Trade Commissioner for Iceland; H.E. Geir H. Haarde, Prime Ministerof Iceland; Mr. Bob Greifeld, CEO of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., and AmbassadorSturla Sigurjonsson, Foreign Policy Advisor.
KCBT Announces Side-by-Side Options Trading

Date 14/03/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade Board of Directors has approved the addition of side-by-side trading in the hard red winter wheat options contract. A second daily electronic trading session will be added to mirror the open outcry trading hours of 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. This new daytime electronic session is in addition to the current after-hours trading session from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Friday.