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CBOT: Letter To Members Regarding Strategic Merger With The CME

Date 27/06/2007

Dear Members: We are pleased with today’s news that Institutional Shareholder Services, the leading independent proxy advisory firm, is supporting our strategic merger with the CME. We also appreciate the feedback we continue to receive and the support that many of you continue to voice on behalf of the CME/CBOT combination. We want to further emphasize what we believe is one of the most important considerations in this historic combination: integration and executi
NASD Fines Wells Fargo Securities $250,000 For Failing To Disclose Analyst's Employment With Covered Company In Research Report - NASD Also Suspends Former Director Of Research, Files Complaint Against Analyst

Date 27/06/2007

NASD announced today that it censured and fined Wells Fargo Securities, LLC of San Francisco $250,000 - and imposed a $40,000 fine and 60-day supervisory suspension against its former Director of Research, Douglas van Dorsten - for failing to disclose in a research report that the lead analyst on the report had accepted a job at Cadence Design Systems, a San Jose, CA company that was the subject of the report.
TSX Venture Exchange Seeks Leave To Appeal From BC Securities Commission Decision Regarding William John Nichols

Date 27/06/2007

TSX Venture Exchange today announced that it intends to apply to the BC Court of Appeal for leave to appeal from the decision of the BC Securities Commission regarding the suitability of William John Nichols. In late 2005, TSX Venture Exchange found Mr. Nichols unsuitable to provide investor relations services to TSX Venture listed issuers. The decision was based upon: (a) Mr. Nichols' failure to disclose 19 of 20 of his prior criminal convictions on his Personal Information Form filed
CFTC Names Walter Lukken Acting Chairman

Date 27/06/2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that, in accordance with CFTC Rules, the members of the Commission have elected Commissioner Walter Lukken to serve as Acting Chairman. Lukken will exercise the executive and administrative functions of the Commission until a new Chairman has been appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
Paulson’s US Markets’ Global Competitiveness Plan Applauded by SIFMA

Date 27/06/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today praised the second stage of Treasury Secretary Paulson’s capital markets competitiveness action plan.

CFTC Announces Resignation of Chairman Reuben Jeffery III

Date 27/06/2007

Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the resignation of Chairman Reuben Jeffery III, effective June 27, 2007. Jeffery has served as Chairman of the CFTC since July 2005. Prior to his appointment by President George W. Bush, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economic Affairs at the National Security Council. Jeffery is departing the CFTC for the U.S. Department of State where he has been nominated and confirmed as Und
SEC Establishes Advisory Committee to Make U.S. Financial Reporting System More User-Friendly for Investors

Date 27/06/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the establishment of an advisory committee that will examine the U.S. financial reporting system with the goals of reducing unnecessary complexity and making information more useful and understandable for investors.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records For Metals Futures On CME Globex®

Date 27/06/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), announced today that it set daily volume records for its silver and platinum futures contracts on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.
NASDAQ Holds Second Quarter 2007 Investor And Media Conference Call

Date 27/06/2007

NASDAQ has scheduled its Second Quarter 2007 results announcement for Thursday, July 19, 2007.
Listings On Alternext Reach 100 With Market Capitalization Totalling Over EUR 5 Billion- More Than EUR 1 Billion Raised Since Market Was Launched

Date 27/06/2007

The successful listing of Fountaine Pajot raises the number of companies listed on Alternext to 100, confirming the market’s role as a benchmark for small and mid-size companies.