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  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Is Set To Begin Trading Three Additional New Options On Friday, December 29

    Date 28/12/2006

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade three additional options, along with the four options previously posted, beginning Friday, December 29. The following two options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC: The Warnaco Group Inc. (option/stock symbol: QDC/WRNC) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 cont

  • OPAP SA Replaces San-Paolo IMI And Share & IWF Change For Banca Intesa In The S&P European Indices

    Date 28/12/2006

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective after the close of trading on Friday 29 December 2006: OPAP SA (Greece, SEDOL: 7107250, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25301010) will replace San-Paolo IMI SpA (Italy, SEDOL: 5556575, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101010) in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, following the merger of San-Paolo IMI with fellow S&P Europe 350 index consti

  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Is Set To Begin Trading Four New Options On Friday, December 29

    Date 28/12/2006

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that begin to trade four new options beginning Friday, December 29. The following two options were allocated to Market Street Securities: Scottish Re Group Ltd. (option/stock symbol: SCT) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts. Globalstar, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QDS/GSAT) will trade on th

  • Administrative Law Judge Lillian McEwen To Retire From SEC

    Date 28/12/2006

    Administrative Law Judge Lillian A. McEwen has announced that she is retiring from her position with the SEC, effective Jan. 3, 2007. Since her appointment in September 1995, Judge McEwen has presided over, and issued initial decisions in, scores of administrative proceedings brought by the SEC's Division of Enforcement. She also served on multiple occasions as the SEC delegate to the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference and was a founding member of Judicial Council, which is affiliat

  • BOVESPA Ranks Third In Worldwide Stock Options Trading

    Date 28/12/2006

    BOVESPA has been ranked as the third stock exchange, among international ones, which traded more stock options in the period from January to October 2006.

  • Federal Identity Theft Task Force Seeks Public Comment

    Date 28/12/2006

    The President's Identity Theft Task Force announced that it is seeking public comment on various possible recommendations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal government's efforts to reduce identity theft. The Task Force is chaired by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and co-chaired by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras and participants include the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies.

  • CBOE 2006 Volume Shatters All Previous Records - CBOE Seat Prices Up 100% For The Year

    Date 28/12/2006

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest options exchange in the U.S., announced that 2006 will go on the books as the third consecutive record breaking year, with more than 670 million contracts trading, an increase of 43% over 2005 total volume of 468 million contracts. Average daily volume has been 2.7 million contracts this year?up 88% from 2004, and more than double 2003's volume of 1.13 million contracts per day.

  • Indice General De La Bolsa De Madrid (IGBM) Index New Composition For First Half 2007

    Date 28/12/2006

    The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with technical provisions for the composition, calculation and sectorial division of the IGBM index family, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the first half of 2007.

  • DIFC Houses Zabeel Investments

    Date 28/12/2006

    The multi-diversified investment house, Zabeel Investments, has moved in to the financial heart of Dubai. The company’s new offices at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will allow the company to implement its ambitious expansion programme.

  • 2006 “Market’s Measure” - Preliminary Report - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes And STOXX Ltd. On The Performance Of U.S., European, Asia And Other Global Stock Market Indexes

    Date 28/12/2006

    Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 16.73% Gain in 2006, European Stocks Gain 11.00%, Asia Rises 15.04% and World Equities Rise 17.97% Financial Services Sector Posts Biggest Gain for 2006 in Europe Consumer Services Sector Takes the Hardest Hit for 2006 in Asia