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SEC Staff Release Report Concerning Examinations Of Retail Options Order Routing And Execution Practices

Date 08/03/2007

The Commission’s staff today released a report summarizing the results of recent examinations and analysis of routing and execution practices in equity options. The “Report Concerning Examinations of Options Order Routing and Execution” can be found on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov/news/studies/2007/optionsroutingreport.pdf.
CBOE: Volatility Index (Vix) Options Trade 230,847 Contracts, Setting New All-Time Record Today, Thursday, March 8, 2007

Date 08/03/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that reported volume in options on the CBOE Volatility Index, "VIX" (ticker symbol VIX), was 230,847 contracts today beating the previous record of 162,856 contracts traded on August 14, 2006. VIX is the widely disseminated benchmark index of market volatility and investor sentiment, sometimes referred to as the market's "fear gauge."
Restatement Of Trading Hours For NYBOT Dublin Floor

Date 08/03/2007

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced amendments to its rules which restate the re-open time for financial contracts at the Dublin trading facility in Dublin time instead of New York time to prevent any confusion which could arise from the coming expansion of Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the USA. Effective Friday, March 9, 2007, trading in all financial futures and options contracts will re-open on the Dublin Floor at
SIFMA Optimistic About U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue

Date 08/03/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued the following statement after U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered a speech before China’s Shanghai Futures Exchange.
SEC Charges Former Drug Manufacturer Executive With Unlawful Insider Trading In Connection With Scheme To Conceal Quality Control Deficiencies

Date 08/03/2007

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today simultaneously filed and settled civil charges against Shashikant C. Shah, formerly Vice President of Quality Control, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs of now-defunct generic drug manufacturer Able Laboratories, Inc., alleging that during a 16-month period, Shah reaped $909,000 in profits by selling Able's common stock while possessing material, non-public information about Able's faulty quality control testing practices. Before halting o

Company Share Change in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 08/03/2007

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 Friday March 9, 2007. Baotou Aluminium Co., Ltd. (Exchange Ticker: SH600472, GICS code: 15104010), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index, will increase its index shares from 182,000,000 to 193,690,679. This change is pursuant to a resumption of trading in 11,690,679 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result, the company’s Fr
Federal Jury In San Diego Delivers Verdicts In SEC's Favor, Finds Former CFO And Controller Of Gateway Computers Liable For Securities Fraud

Date 08/03/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court jury late yesterday returned a verdict in the SEC's favor on all charges against the former chief financial officer, John J. Todd, and the former controller, Robert D. Manza, of Gateway Inc., the personal computer manufacturer. Todd and Manza were accused of engaging in a fraudulent revenue and earnings manipulation scheme to meet Wall Street analysts' expectations in 2000, and for concealing from the investing public importan
NYMEX To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 08/03/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas; Henry Hub swap, swing swap, and penultimate swap; natural gas penultimate and last day financial; and NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
Program Trading Averaged 32.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 26-Mar 2

Date 08/03/2007

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 Feb. 26-Mar. 2.
CESR Publishes A Report Requested By The EU Commission On The Work Programmes Of The Canadian, Japanese And US Standard Setters, The Definition Of Equivalence And The List Of Third Country GAAPs Which Are Currently Used On The EU Capital Markets

Date 08/03/2007

The European Commission will be preparing a first report for the European Securities Committee and the European Parliament on the definition it will use to assess equivalence of Third Country GAAP and will also report on progress made by Canada, Japan and United States towards convergence with IFRS, for submission on 1 April 2007. CESR was therefore asked by the European Commission, on 22 February, to provide some advice on three aspects: Firstly to provide a description of the wor