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CBOT Fed Watch - March 19 Market Close

Date 19/03/2007

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 20-21, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/03/2007

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Shell Canada Ltd. (TSX:SHC) have accepted the $CDN45.00 cash offer from Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LSE:RDS.A). Shell Canada Ltd. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, and the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Indices. The transaction will be effective after the close on Friday, March 23, 20
IntercontinentalExchange Responds To Chicago Board Of Trade Announcement

Date 19/03/2007

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement by CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT) that its Board of Directors has authorized the company to begin discussions and exchange information with ICE about ICE's previously announced proposal to combine with CBOT.
Company Share Change In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 19/03/2007

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading on Tuesday March 20, 2007. Wuhu Conch Profiles and Science Co., Ltd. (Exchange Ticker: SZ000619, GICS code: 20102010), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index, will increase its index shares from 210,600,000 to 228,600,000. This change is pursuant to a resumption of trading in 18,000,000 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result,
NYBOT 2007 Good Friday Holiday Schedule

Date 19/03/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, and its regulated subsidiary the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), today announced the NYBOT trading schedule for the 2007 Good Friday holiday.

NYSE Member Firms Report Fourth-Quarter 2006 Results

Date 19/03/2007

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported fourth-quarter 2006 after-tax profits of $4.92 billion and revenues of $93.38 billion, compared to $1.49 billion in after-tax profits on revenues of $66.15 billion in fourth quarter of 2006. For all of 2006, the firms reported after-tax profits of $13.58 billion on revenues of $331.34 billion, compared with 2005 after-tax profits of $6.14 billion on revenues of $229.82 billion.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, March 16

Date 19/03/2007

Daily: 2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes - Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 892,923 Mar 16, 2007 Old Record: 886,718 Feb 22, 2007
Ocean Tomo Introduces Industry's First Intangible Asset Growth Index - Portfolio Of 60 Patent Intensive Growth Companies With The Highest Innovation Ratio - Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Growth Index Priced And Published By The American Stock Exchange

Date 19/03/2007

Ocean Tomo LLC, the Chicago-based provider of diversified intellectual property-related services, today announced it has launched the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Growth Index ("Index"). The Index is priced and published by the American Stock Exchange (Amex) under the symbol OTPATG.
CBOT Holdings' Board Of Directors Authorizes Discussions With ICE

Date 19/03/2007

CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT), holding company for the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (CBOT), today announced that its Board of Directors, after consultation with its legal and financial advisors, has authorized the company, on the basis permitted by its merger agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME), to begin discussions and exchange information with IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) relating to ICE’s previously announced proposal.
FESE Survey On Share Ownership Structure In Europe 2006

Date 19/03/2007

The Survey on Share Ownership Structure in Europe is aimed at making further progress in identifying the owners of listed European shares. This is the sixth update of this study, previous versions being published in 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2004. It represents one of the most successful pieces of research of FESE, which has been quoted in high-level publications like the Financial Times.