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Glass Lewis, Egan-Jones Recommend CME Shareholders Vote 'FOR' Merger With CBOT - Recommendations Are The Second And Third From Independent Advisors In Support Of The CME-CBOT Merger

Date 02/07/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) announced that Glass Lewis & Co., a leading proxy advisory firm, and Egan-Jones Ratings Co., an investor-driven ratings firm, have recommended that CME Holdings shareholders vote "FOR" the merger with CBOT Holdings at the Special Shareholders Meeting scheduled for July 9, 2007.
SEC: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Incumbent Daniel Goelzer Reappointed To Second Term

Date 02/07/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that founding Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Daniel L. Goelzer has been reappointed to the Board. The Commission unanimously selected Mr. Goelzer to serve a second five-year term as a member of the PCAOB.
KCBT Sets Record Electronic Trading Volume In June - Wheat Futures Trading Volume Third Largest In History Of Exchange

Date 02/07/2007

Kansas City Board of Trade electronic wheat futures volume for the month of June was a record 153,437 contracts, smashing the previous monthly record set in April 2007 by 33.4 percent. In addition, total wheat futures volume traded during the month of June was the third largest in exchange history. A total of 513,894 contracts were traded, just behind 559,282 contracts traded in August 2006 and 514,595 in June 2006. Wheat futures trading volume exceeded last month’s volume by 103.7 percent, w
New CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT) Is Licensed To Ansbacher Investment Management, Inc.

Date 02/07/2007

Standard & Poor's and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that a license was granted giving Ansbacher Investment Management, Inc. the right to use the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT) as the strategic basis for a new options investment vehicle. Ansbacher Investment Management, Inc. (AIM), based in Manhattan, is an investment firm devoted exclusively to managing options strategies.
SEC Announces $37 Million Fair Fund Distribution To Mutual Fund Investors Injured By Columbia Market Timing Fraud

Date 02/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a $37 million Fair Fund distribution to more than 300,000 investors who were harmed by fraudulent mutual fund market timing in the Columbia Funds between 1998 and 2003.

Deutsche Börse: 58 Percent Rise In Turnover On Xetra In June - Total Volume Of €273 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 02/07/2007

In June €249.7 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Börse Frankfurt – a rise of 57 percent year-on-year (June 2006: €158 billion). Thereof €234,4 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 58 percent year-on-year (June 2006: €147.8 billion) and €15.3 billion on the floor. German equities accounted for €234,7 billion, foreign equities comprising €11 billion. More than 97 percent of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at Börse Frankfurt. More than 81 percent of f
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Fourteen New Options

Date 02/07/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade seven new options today, July 2, 2007, and seven new options tomorrow, July 3, 2007.
Eurex Achieves Second Strongest Month With Turnover Of 196 Million Contracts - Trading Volume Up 28 Percent In June - Record Volumes In DAX Options, BUND Futures And Options, BOBL And SCHATZ

Date 02/07/2007

Trading volume at the international derivatives exchange Eurex rose around 28 percent in June year on year to 196.3 million contracts, the second strongest month so far (record: 199 million contracts; March 2007). The first six months of this year saw a volume of 970.6 million contracts, an increase of 18 percent over the same period last year.
Standard & Poor's Reports June Index Returns

Date 02/07/2007

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MGEX Sets Another Monthly Trading Volume Record

Date 02/07/2007

A volatile day of trading ended a record-volume month for the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (“MGEX” or “Exchange”). Trading volume for Hard Red Spring Wheat futures in June was 172,238 contracts, which is the highest June volume in the history of the Exchange. It was also the seventh record-volume month during the last 12 months and the third monthly record set in 2007.