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Taiwan Stock Exchange Major Statistics And Economic Indicators For Jaunary 2006

Date 08/02/2006

Click here to download Taiwan Stock Exchange's major statistics and economic indicators for Jaunary 2006.
Second CBOE Seat Sells For One Million Dollars - Sale Matches Previous Record Set On Tuesday, February 7th

Date 08/02/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that a seat, or membership, was bought late yesterday afternoon at a price of $1,000,000. This ties the new record seat price of $1,000,000 set earlier in the day on Tuesday, February 7th and surpasses the previous high of $925,000, set just last week on Friday, February 3, 2006. Yesterday's two seat sales for $1,000,000 are the first time in CBOE history that a seat at the Exchange has reached this milestone.
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox Names John White To Be The Commission’s Next Director Of The Division Of Corporation Finance

Date 08/02/2006

hairman Christopher Cox announced today that preeminent securities lawyer John W. White will join the Securities and Exchange Commission as its next Director of the Division of Corporation Finance.
OMX Sells Shares In Norsk Oppgørssentral ASA

Date 08/02/2006

OMX has sold all its shares in Norsk Oppgørssentral ASA (NOS), totalling 1,749,700 shares. OMX' result from this divestment is estimated to slightly more than SEK 20 million, to be recognized as other income during the first quarter of 2006.
NYSE Regulation Announces Disciplinary Actions Against Two Firms And Nine Individuals

Date 08/02/2006

This is NYSE Regulation's Disciplinary Actions announcement for February 2006. Here is the link to the February detail pages: http://www.nyse.com/DiscAxn/discAxn_02_2006.html Link to the sortable Index page: http://www.nyse.com/DiscAxn/discAxnIndex.html Please note the new format and presentation of NYSE

NYBOT Announces Coffee Warehouse Moratorium

Date 08/02/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective immediately, its Cocoa, Coffee and Pulp Warehouse and License Committee has instituted a moratorium on the issuance of coffee delivery notices against certified stocks and prohibited the certification of any new coffee located at American Warehousing of NY, Inc., Pier 9, in the Port of New York. The NYBOT Committee instituted the moratorium for failure to comply with its Coffee “C”® Resolution No. 1, Warehouse Procedures and R
New York Mercantile Exchange Announces Record Volume For Crude Oil Average Price Options

Date 08/02/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today record volume for the crude oil average price options contract.
NASDAQ Announces Changes To Board Of Directors

Date 08/02/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced that Mary Jo White, a partner at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has resigned from the Board of Directors effective today.
NASD: Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Research Analyst Brad Hintz Fined $550,000 for Violations of Research Analyst Conflict of Interest Rules - Firm Developed Plan To Avoid Restriction on Stock Sales By Analyst that Were Contrary To His Published Recommendat

Date 08/02/2006

NASD announced today that it has imposed a fine of $350,000 against Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC of New York and a fine of $200,000 against Charles B. ("Brad") Hintz, one of the firm's research analysts, for violations of NASD's research analyst conflict of interest rules.
Lusaka Stock Exchange: Return On Investment In Listed Shares By Individuals Free Of Tax

Date 08/02/2006

Effective 1st April, 2006 there shall be no 15% With Holding Tax chargable on dividends paid by listed companies to individuals. There is no capital gains tax in Zambia either. This effectively makes return on investment in listed shares by individuals free of tax.