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  • AS Hansapank – A Prospective Warsaw Stock Exchange Member

    Date 09/08/2007

    On 9 August 2007, the Estonian bank AS Hansapank, with its seat in Tallin submitted an application for admission to operation on the WSE as an Exchange Member.

  • SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Nicor's Former CEO, CFO And Treasurer

    Date 09/08/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of a civil injunctive action against former senior officials of Nicor, Inc., a major Chicago-area natural gas distributor, alleging financial fraud lasting from 1999 to 2002. The SEC's complaint alleges that former Chairman, CEO and President Thomas Fisher, former CFO and Executive Vice-President Kathleen Halloran, and former Treasurer and Vice-President George Behrens engaged in or approved improper transactions, and misrepresent

  • CME Group Reports Record Options Volume Led By Eurodollar Options - Electronic Trading Accounts For 25 Percent Of All Options Volume

    Date 09/08/2007

    CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, reached record options on futures volume on August 8, 2007, when 4,154,124 options were traded at the exchange, overtaking the combined record of 4,091,560 options set on June 2, 2006. An impressive 25 percent of this volume was traded electronically.

  • London Stock Exchange: Number Of Trades On SETS Exceeds 1 Million

    Date 09/08/2007

    Member firms of the London Stock Exchange today executed over 1 million trades on SETS, the first time in a single day. The milestone was passed at 15:15 BST and it is estimated that there were 1,262,745 trades over the course of the whole day. The value traded on SETS is estimated to have been £17.2 billion, up from the previous record of £13.5 billion set on 28 February 2007. This new record continues the very strong trading volumes across markets in the past few weeks.

  • SEC: General American Life Insurance Company, Former Senior VP Settle Late Trading Charges

    Date 09/08/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled enforcement action against General American Life Insurance Company and a former senior vice president, William C. Thater, for their roles in a late trading scheme. General American is a St. Louis-based insurance company and subsidiary of MetLife, Inc.